Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycomisk, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycomisk
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.48469, -7.84401
- SMR number
- TS069-004----
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 gentle N-facing slope, enclosed by linear grove of trees to E and S. Sub-circular area (dims. 20m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by steep earthen scarp (Wth 4.0m; H 1.5m). NE-sector of scarp truncated by quarrying activities. External fosse (Wth 9.8m; D 0.8m) is well preserved all around monument and opens out into a semi-circular area (dims. 13m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) at NE, where the inner scarp of the monument has been truncated. Causewayed entrance (Wth 4.5m) at NNE. Designated as a National Monument (No. 581) in 1979 due to quarrying activites (OPW file).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.