Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockgraffon, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockgraffon
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.42933, -7.93204
- SMR number
- TS068-108----
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 fallow arable land, on N-facing slope, in NW corner of field. Roughly circular area (dims. 22m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 9.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.05m). External fosse (Wth 7.5m; D 0.3m) is low profile NE-E-SSW due to ploughing and is best preserved SSW-W-N-NE, although outer edge is truncated by field boundaries at tangent to W and N. Interior is N-facing and covered in dense undergrowth. Enclosure (TS068-107----) c. 120m to NNW and ringfort (TS068-102----) c. 270m to WNW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.