Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinure, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinure
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.55314, -7.76553
- SMR number
- TS053-084----
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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 top of low hillock in upland area under grass with good panoramic views from W through N to E. Impressive raised circular area (int. diam. 26m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 2.4m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 2.5m), fosse (base Wth 3-4m; top Wth 6m; ext. D 0.6m) and outer bank (top Wth 1.6m; base Wth 2m; ext. H 0.3m) visible from S though E to N elsewhere it has been levelled. Causewayed entrance at N (Wth 2.3m). Field boundary indicated on latest ed. OS 6-inch map which intersects ringfort at N through E has been removed. The outer bank may be just an 18th/19th-century field boundary enclosing the ringfort as indicated on first ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Platformunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.