Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyvistea, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvistea
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.48420, -8.38955
- SMR number
- TS065-070----
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
In a locally prominent position atop the S end of a broad N-S orientated gently sloping rise, in pasture. Natural ground level slopes down gently from the ringfort NE-W. Identified on Bruff aerial photograph (Bruff No. 2044) by Caimin O'Brien. Originally circular, but now consisting of a roughly D-shaped raised area (dims. 18m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by a gently sloping earthen scarp (Wth 3.6m; H 1-1.25m). From SSW-NW the scarp is absent and the edge of the monument is defined by a NNW-ESE orientated field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior slopes slightly facing S and is clear of overgrowth. The field is known locally as the 'caher' field.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 16 September 2014
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.