Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garraun (ballysheehan Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garraun (ballysheehan Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54521, -7.80244
- SMR number
- TS053-077----
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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 flat grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Motte and bailey (TS053-075----) 150m to W and ringfort (TS053-076----) is 150m to SW. Slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 30m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 3m; base Wth 5m; ext. H 1.2m; int. H 0.2-0.4m) with traces of an outer fosse (base Wth 2.7m; top 4.7m Wth; ext. D 0.2m) at N and S only. Bank destroyed along E quadrant of ringfort for a distance of approx. 16m, possibly where entrance feature was located. Since the monument was visited in 2004, the field in which the monument stands, and the monument itself, have been ploughed, levelling the bank.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 06 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.