Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Foulkstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foulkstown
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.53572, -7.74768
- SMR number
- TS062-003001-
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
On a S-facing slope in undulating, waterlogged pasture. A trackway (TS062-003003-) runs immediately SE of the ringfort. A barrow possible (TS062-003004-) is located c. 70m to the SE. Circular area (diam. 38.3m N-S; 36.4m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 13m; int. H 2.09m; ext. H 1.68m), higher upslope to N and reduced to scarp (Wth 3.1m; ext. H 0.9m) in the SW quadrant and outer fosse (Wth 2.8-3.6m; D 0.58-1.29m). Entrance feature (Wth 7.2m) in the SSW quadrant which runs off in a SE direction towards the adjacent trackway.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 8 October 2014
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.