Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymorris (killardry Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymorris (killardry Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.41798, -7.98737
- SMR number
- TS075-007----
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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
On a gentle S-facing slope with the River Aherlow c. 60m to the SW, in pasture in low-lying flat river valley. Adjacent ringfort (TS075-008----), 80m to the ESE, is visible through the hedgerow. Circular area (diam. 40m N-S and E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 1.6m crest, 6.4m base; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.23m) and slight indication of an external fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.16m). The grass-covered interior slopes slightly to the SE. There is some scrub and nettles on the bank which is denuded in the NE and SE sectors. In the W quadrant a small area has been quarried immediately outside the bank.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 31 March 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.