Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonacody, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonacody
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.42658, -7.70349
- SMR number
- TS077-007----
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
On fairly level gound in gently undulating terrain. Slievenamon Golf Club is on other side of field boundary, immediately SW of monument. Otherwise ringfort surrounded by ploughed and planted field, ploughing has taken place right up to edge of fosse. Trivallate ringfort (TS077-006----) located c. 450m NW, only top of trees visible as obstructed by farm buildings. Ringfort very overgrown with a lot of collapsed trees and scrub, diameters not obtainable. Enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.4m crest, 3.9m base; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) and outer fosse (Wth 2.7m; D 1m). External face of bank and counterscarp is very steep, possibly recut to facilitate drainage. Fosse waterlogged in places. Bank is disturbed in SE quadrant and there is a narrow cattle gap in the NE and SW quadrants. No obvious entrance, may be in disturbed the SE quadrant.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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.