Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Crampscastle, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crampscastle
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.46414, -7.66027
- SMR number
- TS070-049----
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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, within interior of horse gallops, on a SW-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 40m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by bank (Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.4m) in places (WNW-SE) which is reduced to scarp (Wth 3.5m; H 1.05m) SE-S-WNW. External fosse (basal Wth 0.8m; overall (Wth 4.1m; D 0.25m) E-SSW and W-N-NE is covered by thorn thicket along W-arc and furze along S-arc. Interior slopes down gently to SW and is riddled with rabbit burrows and interspersed with dogwood trees. Bank breached and further disturbed by dumping of earth at NE. Ringfort (TS070-048----) located 190m to NE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.