Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curraghscarteen, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghscarteen
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.51325, -7.73237
- SMR number
- TS062-074----
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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 N-facing slope of natural hillock in generally undulating terrain, under pasture. Ringfort with raised enterior (diam. c. 35m; 37.3m E-W) defined by a gravelly earthen bank (Wth 6.3m; int. H 0.96m; ext. H 2.33m), more pronounced from NE-S-SW and outer fosse (Wth 2.7m; D 0.5m), partially filled in SW and NW quadrants. Linear quarry (dims. L 16.4m; Wth 5.6m; D 1.27m) in interior in NW quadrant running N-S. Gap (Wth 1.4m) in SSE quadrant. Scrub growing in interior and around edge of monument. Cattle gap (Wth 0.8m) through bank in W quadrant. Dead wood in centre of interior and up against ext. face of bank in SW quadrant.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.