Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garranmore (st. Patricksrock Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garranmore (st. Patricksrock Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54362, -7.85041
- SMR number
- TS061-012----
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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, on a SW-facing slope. No visible surface trace of monument. Ground uneven and undulating in area of monument and a poorly drained area is to N. Large-scale working quarry further to N. Depicted on 1840 edition OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (dims. c. 32m NE-SW; c. 28m NW-SE). According to Cahill (1982, R180), monument had one bank and one ditch, which was backfilled, and was very badly denuded and in a poor condition.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.