Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Graigaheesha, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graigaheesha
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.67864, -7.54199
- SMR number
- TS043-031----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On slightly elevated flat pasture with good views in all directions. A slight hollow depression and low surface undulations may indicate the location of this levelled ringfort which otherwise is not visible at ground level. It was described as a ringfort in 1958 by the OPW (OPW Correspondence file), then as a circular enclosure in 1975, enclosed by a single bank and ditch and situated on a sloping ridge (Cahill 1975). In 1989 it is described as an enclosure measuring 100m in diameter inside which there is a small heap of stones possibly a cairn (diam. 7m) and a bullaun stone (TS43-031002-) with 3 hollow depressions (McCormack 1989, 13). The ringfort appears to have been levelled between 1989 and 2003, possibly when the landowner constructed sheds and a farmyard to the rear of a farmhouse, which are not marked on the 1973 aerial photograph.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
McCormack, M. (compiler) 1989 Gortnahoe-Glengoole: a guide. Gortnahoe.
Cahill, M. 1975 Field survey of County Tipperary South Riding. Unpublished.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.