Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garranlea, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garranlea
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.45592, -7.91816
- SMR number
- TS068-083001-
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 pasture, on the edge of a N-facing slope overlooking the small valley of Mill Stream. Substantial oval enclosure (dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 54m E-W) defined by bank (Wth 6.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.4m) of earth and stone. Monument raised (H 1.7m) on N-side to compensate for hillslope. External fosse (Wth 7m; D 0.4m) is well defined in northern half and field clearance stones have been deposited within. Causewayed entrance (Wth c. ) at ESE. Interior clear and has slightly raised area within centre. Earthworks (TS068-083002-) c. 20m to SE and enclosure (TS068-083003-) c. 23m to S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.