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
- 52.41762, -7.98561
- SMR number
- TS075-008----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a very gentle S-facing slope, with the River Aherlow c. 60m to S, in low-lying, flat river valley in pasture. Reclaimed land. Field boundary running N-S W of monument, with ringfort (TS075-007----) 80m to the WNW. Circular area (diam. 43.5m N-S; 44.3m E-W), enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.8m crest, 5.7m base; int. H 0.27m; ext. H 1.8m) and fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.8m). The interior, which is level, is grass covered with scrub and nettles growing on the bank. In the E quadrant the bank is quite eroded and has been incorporated into the field boundary which runs N-S along the edge of the monument. The bank is quite substantial in the SW quadrant with quite a steep drop to the exterior and a wide, round-bottomed fosse. In the NW quadrant there is a break in the bank (Wth 3.5m) and the fosse is filled in but apparent as a slight shallow depression. There are a lot of burrows in the bank. An entrance in N sector (Wth 2.1m) has been broken through the bank to give machinery access to the interior, where the grass has been cut. The bank material has been pushed into the fosse, forming a slight ramp. In the NE quadrant the fosse is not evident. Immediately SE of the ringfort there is a quarry.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 31 March 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.