Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brittas (st. Patricksrock Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brittas (st. Patricksrock Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52392, -7.91213
- SMR number
- TS060-062----
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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 the W end of a low E-W ridge in gently undulating grassland. A ringfort (TS060-063----) lies c. 15m to ESE and the Rock of Cashel (TS061-025003-) is clearly visible 1.5km to the ESE. A roughly circular area (diam. 44m N-S; 41m E-W) defined by a flat-topped bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m; Wth crest 1.8m; Wth base 5.1m), which falls gradually to the interior, and the possible remains of a fosse (Wth 6.5m; D 0.48m) which is visible intermittently from SW-W-NW. This monument is depicted on the 1st (1840-41) ed. OS 6-inch map in a similar fashion to its neighbouring ringfort which suggests that it was itself a ringfort which was subsequently landscaped as a tree-ring on the grounds of Brittas House. The outer face of the bank has a dry-stone revettment c. 1m high around the complete circuit and mature beech trees are growing on top of the bank. There is a gap in the bank in the SE quadrant (Wth 2m) which may have been the original entrance, facing directly towards the neighbouring ringfort. The level interior is overgrown with elder scrub. The monument is fenced off by a wooden fence with electric wire.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.