Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Walshsbog, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Walshsbog
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.44808, -7.62076
- SMR number
- TS070-084----
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
Roughly circular area (dims. 24m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by low curvilinear bank (Wth 11.1m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.7m) E-SSW which has been levelled to a scarp (Wth 4m; H 0.4m) SSW-WNW. Linear scarp (Wth 5.4m; H 1.15m) defines straight NW and NE sides. Entrance (int. Wth 3.5m; ext. Wth 4.0m) at N. External fosse (Wth 9m; D 0.2m) is E-S-NW and level terrace (Wth 2.5m) exists NW-NNE; fosse in-filled NNE-E.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.