Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyknock, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyknock
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52998, -7.86684
- SMR number
- TS061-009----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S-facing slope of Ballyknock Hill in pasture. Monument levelled with no visible trace above ground. Ground disturbed, with wide ridges running N-S in area of monument. Post and wire fence, with gorse, replaces earlier field boundary which ran N-S along E side of monument. A sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 depict an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank (OS Field Memorandums), as indicated on the 1952-54 ed. OS 6-inch map (overall dims. 60m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.