Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyvaughan (Kilgrant Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvaughan (Kilgrant Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.39146, -7.65728
- SMR number
- TS077-066----
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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 flat, level ground N of an E-W running ridge, in pasture. Roughly circular area (diam. from 25-inch OS map c. 33m N-S; c. 34m E-W) enclosed by a bank with a high stone content, lot of stones protruding from the surface. Bank in W quadrant (Wth crest 2.4m; base 5.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m) is broad and flat-topped. There is a possible entrance (Wth c. 2m) in the E quadrant. Despite scrub growth on the bank there are stretches of clear bank.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 18 December 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.