Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mortlestown (cooleagh Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mortlestown (cooleagh Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54398, -7.66474
- SMR number
- TS054-069001-
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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 on a low hillock in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. Ringfort, separated by a fosse (base Wth 3m; top Wth 6m; D 1m) from a larger ringfort to the E (TS054-069001-). Circular area (int. diam. 28m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.5m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5-3.5m), fosse (base Wth 3m; top Wth 7m; ext. D1.7m) and external bank (top Wth 1m; base Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.3m) visible from S through W to N only enclosing smaller ringfort where it runs into enclosing fosse of larger ringfort at NE and SE, no clear evidence for an outer bank enclosing the larger ringfort. Causewayed entrance (Wth 3m) at W gives direct access to interior of ringfort with a causeway (Wth 7m) at E which gives access into the larger adjoining ringfort to W. Enclosing bank is at its highest externally and most impressive along the N sector where the fosse is also at its widest and deepest. Evidence of an external bank (top Wth 1m; base Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.3m) visible from S through W to N only enclosing smaller ringfort where it runs into enclosing fosse of larger ringfort at NE and SE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.