Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killusty South, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killusty South
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.43573, -7.61947
- SMR number
- TS070-108----
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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 hillside pasture, on a steep NW-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 30m NE-SW; 28m SE-NW) defined by bank (upslope Wth 6.8m; downslope Wth 7.25m; int. H upslope 1.4m; int. H downslope 0.20m; ext. H upslope 0.25m; ext. H downslope 1.4m) of earth and stone. Bank reduced to scarp (Wth 2.25m; H 1.1m) W-NW and incorporated into field boundary SE-W. Remnants of dilapidated stone wall built on top of bank where incorporated into field boundary SE-W. External fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.45m) encloses monument ESE-SE. Interior in pasture with steep prevalent slope.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.