Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killough (gaile Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killough (gaile Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.61735, -7.84831
- SMR number
- TS047-056----
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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 a low rise of pasture in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. Killough Hill lies immediately to the S and Killough Castle is 670m to the W. Much degraded levelled ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 59m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m) and possible outer fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.1m) visible at S only, the monument is best preserved from S to W. The field boundaries depicted on the OS 6-inch map as immediately enclosing the ringfort are no longer visible. A sketch plan and section of the monument from the 1950s shows a fosse along the W side between the bank and the field boundary (OPW files). It is described as a well-preserved monument but under threat from agricultural development in 1974 (Cahill, 1982), probably partially levelled around the mid 1970s when field boundaries were removed.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.