Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Slainstown North, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slainstown North
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.49795, -7.67635
- SMR number
- TS062-121001-
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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 SE-facing slope in undulating terrain, in pasture. Holy well (TS062-121002-) located in SE quadrant of ringfort at base of ext. face of bank. Roughly circular monument (diam. 49.4m NW-SE; no other diam. obtainable as the SE and SW quadrants are heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 1.55m; ext. H 2.1-2.8m) and fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 1.77m), the fosse becomes very shallow downslope to the E and S (Wth 1.6m; D 0.3m). In the S quadrant the fosse has been recut to form a channel. Trees growing around the bank which has numerous burrows. Possible causewayed entrance in SE quadrant (Wth 3m), though this may be a later featurer as there is a stone pier at its S end with a corresponding pier to S indicating a former trackway running roughly E-W along SE quadrant of the ringfort.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.