Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Arbourhill (magorban Par.),woodhouse, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Arbourhill (magorban Par.),woodhouse
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52520, -7.74673
- SMR number
- TS062-032----
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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 crest of broad, flat ridge in gently undulating terrain, under pasture. Public road running roughly E-W, kinks to avoid the N edge of the monument. Roughly circular area (diam. 32.4m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by broad, flattened bank (Wth 13-17.8m; int. H 0.19-0.28m; ext. H 0.75m) and outer fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.16m). Gap (Wth 4.4m) in SSE quadrant. Slight suggestion of an outer bank in the S quadrant. An out of commission ESB pole is located on the bank in the NW quadrant.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.