Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Silverfort, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Silverfort
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52410, -7.76922
- SMR number
- TS061-065002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 SE-facing slope. Barely traceable remains of circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by faint outline of fosse. Trace of linear field fence (long-axis ENE-WSW) truncates monument off-centre to S. Depicted on 1st (1840) and 2nd (1952-4) eds OS 6-inch map as a semi-circular area (map dims. c. 47m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNW-SSE) truncated by a field fence to which runs ENE-WSW. It is similarly depicted in a sketch plan with sections drawn in 1954 (OS Field Memorandums). Described by Cahill (1982, R414) as being 'in fair condition with one bank and one ditch, disturbed by field fence to S'. Ringfort (TS061-065001-) is c. 8m to N.
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 Unpublished M. A. thesis.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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringwork and baileyunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.