Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolmore, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolmore
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.50700, -7.67496
- SMR number
- TS062-090----
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 natural rise which falls to S in gently undulating terrain, under pasture. Only N portion of ringfort survives (dims. 13.3m NW-SE), the NE-S-SW has been quarried out with upcast heaped about. Quarry is indicated on the 1903-04 OS 6-inch map. The surviving portion is overgrown with trees and the bank is damaged by animal burrows. Based on OS 6-inch map the diameter is 30-40m. Remaining monument is enclosed by a earth and stone round-topped bank (Wth 6.6m; int. H 0.82m; ext. H 1.25m) and round-bottomed fosse (Wth 1.9m D 1.18m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.