Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farranlahassery, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranlahassery
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.37968, -7.90354
- SMR number
- TS075-049----
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 gently undulating terrain in pasture. Roughly circular raised area (diam. c. 30 N-S externally). Flat, level interior defined by scarp (H 0.87-1.29m over 4m in NE and SW quadrant respectively). Ringfort heavily overgrown by hawthorn and sloe bushes. Lot of stoney gravel visible where scarp has been eroded. Small area of disturbance at base of scarp in NNE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.