Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clare More, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clare More
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.45447, -7.63336
- SMR number
- TS070-082----
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 the upper edge of an ENE-facing slope. This monument was described by Cahill (1982) as being in 'fair condition - some interference interior. 1 bank - large amount of stone used in construction - W section of bank destroyed by building field fences - dimns: 30m'. No visible surface trace. Possible faint surface trace of slight rise in N-corner of field. Depicted on 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-circular area truncated by field boundary to W.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.