Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farranshea, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranshea
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.47309, -7.65510
- SMR number
- TS070-022001-
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 W-facing slope. Circular area (total dims. 28m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by levelled bank (Wth 10m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.25m) WSW-N-ESE and enclosed by preserved bank (Wth 8.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.9m) ESE-S-WSW. Field boundary (long-axis E-W) truncates monument across S-sector. Interior to N incorporated into field as pasture and to S is a compact D-shaped area (dims. 8m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by the surviving bank. Traces of external fosse (Wth 10m; D 0.35m). Ringfort (TS070-021----) located 220m to NW and moated site (TS070-023----) located 230m to SW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.