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
- 52.53121, -7.86407
- SMR number
- TS061-010----
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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 improved pasture, in fenced-off area of small quarry. Circular area (dims. 26m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by earthen bank (Wth at top 2.75m; total Wth 8.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) which is best preserved SW-N. Bank (Wth at top 3.6m; total Wth 8.3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.15m) is lower N-SW and exterior truncated by field boundary to NE and SE. Steep drop to retaining wall of recently constructed development, which is built up against cut ground along SE-side of monument. Interior slopes down sharply to SSE and has an uneven area off-centre to SSE, which may have been excavated and backfilled. Large oblong quarried area (long-axis NNE-SSW) flanked by bank along WNW-side, is c. 4m to SW. On the 2nd (1952-54) ed. OS 6-inch map (overall dims. 63m N-S; 48m E-W) and on a sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 there is a wide external fosse (OS Field Memorandums).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.