Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumcomoge, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcomoge
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.44501, -8.38892
- SMR number
- TS065-022----
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 top of the level summit of broad NE-SW orientated ridge in gently undulating pasture with a group of ring-barrows (TS065-024001- to TS065-024007-) visible on lower ground to the SE. Roughly ovoid slightly raised area (dims. 19m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen scarped edge (Wth 4m; ext. H 1.6m). The interior is level and clear of overgrowth except for thorn bushes along the edges. Known locally as a 'moat'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.