Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dundrum, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dundrum
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53754, -8.02808
- SMR number
- TS060-135----
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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 level meadow (grazed by horses) and truncated by existing tertiary road across N-half. Semi-circular area (dims. 26m WNW-ESE; 10m NNE-SSW) defined by remains of earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.8m; Wth at top 1.15m; total Wth 3.65m) and outer fosse (basal Wth 1.7m; overall Wth 5.25m; Dth 0.45m) ESE-WNW and truncated by road across N-half. Levelled remains of N-half may exist under the roadway (b. post-1903-4). Fosse is backfilled at ESE beside gate entrance to field and is waterlogged SE-SW. Interior surface is disturbed by livestock and machinery. Depicted on latest edition OS 6-inch map as an oval area (dims. c. 30mWNW-ESE; c. 25m NNE-SSE) truncated by field boundary (long-axis WNW-ESE) through centre.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.