Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newpark (ballysheehan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newpark (ballysheehan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.55257, -7.82109
- SMR number
- TS053-073----
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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 reclaimed grassland on an E-facing slope of low rise of ground in upland area with good views in all directions. Sunken circular area (approx int. diam. 32m N-S; 24m E-W; D 0.4m) enclosed by a barely visible low rise of ground (H 0.1m; Wth 2m) with vegetation mark of a filled in fosse (Wth 1.5m) intersected at N by a field boundary running on an E-W axis. A sketch plan and sections of the monument drawn in 1954 show an oval area (overall dims. 166ft [c. 50m] N-S; 120ft [c. 36.5m] E-W) enclosed by a bank surmounted by a field boundary (OS Field Memorandums). Possible ringfort which was levelled when field was reclaimed around 1963 (OPW correspondence file).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.