Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonaspoe, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonaspoe
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54960, -8.01374
- SMR number
- TS052-051----
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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
In grassland just below summit of hill on SE facing slope of rising ground with good views to S and E higher ground to N. Standing stone (TS052-052----) 100m to NNW and enclosure (TS052-052----) 220m to SE. Partially levelled ringfort which consists of a circular area (int. diam. 32m E-W) enclosed by poorly preserved earthen bank (top Wth 6m; base Wth 13m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4-1m) which has been levelled from E through S to W and outer fosse (top Wth11m; base Wth 4.5m; ext. D 0.4m) visible from N to NE only. Depicted as a circular enclosure on first ed. OS 6-inch map and as a partial enclosure on latest ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument was probably partially levelled between 1840 and 1903. Enclosing bank best preserved at N where it is intersected by a field boundary running NE-SW as depicted on the 1903 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.