Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Rosegreen, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosegreen
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Shancashlaun
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shancashlaun
- Coordinates
- 52.47118, -7.82272
- SMR number
- TS069-038002-
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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 gently undulating pasture. Oval area (dims. 41m N-S; 44m E-W) defined by remains of inner earth and stone bank (Wth 11.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 3.05m) enclosing castle (TS069-038001-). Fosse (Wth 14m; D 2.3m) SW-N-NE is inaccessible in places at NW and NNE. No fosse or bank NE-E-SE where ground falls from inner enclosing area to water-filled fosse. Bank (Wth 11.5m; int. H 2.3m; ext. H 2.2m) SW-N-NE is well formed and steeper on exterior than interior. Fosse (Wth 11.5m; D 2.6m) is wide and flat based (Basal Wth 2m). Fosse is inaccessible W-NW due to overgrowth and filled with stagnant water NNW-N-E-SE. Bank (Wth 11m; int. H 2.6m; ext. H 2.25m) SW-W-ENE and continues in form of thin, eroded tree-lined bank ENE-SE. Fosse (Wth 11m; D 1.85m) SW-N-ENE and traces NE-ENE. Remains of bank (Wth 6.7m int. H 1.85m; ext. H 0.5m) SW-WNW and NE-ENE and incorporated into field boundary WNW-NE. According to O'Flanagan (1930, vol. 3, 81), there are some fragmentary remains of masonry and traceable foundations enclosed in a large trivallate enclosure.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.