Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rossacrow (aghacrew Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossacrow (aghacrew Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.56615, -8.12294
- SMR number
- TS051-018----
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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
At base of a W-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside with nearby ringfort (TS051-020----) c. 200m to S and enclosure (TS051-021----) c. 200m to SSE. Raised circular area (diam. 21.5m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1m; base Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m). No entrance feature visible. Field boundary intersects site at W with triangular-shaped raised platform (dims. 10m N-S; 10m E-W) jutting out from fosse at W may be remains of the intersection of earlier field boundaries which enclosed the monument.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.