Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigaloe, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigaloe
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.41442, -7.51886
- SMR number
- TS078-009----
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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 steep NE-facing slope in upland pasture, monument under grass and partially truncated by road which runs NE-SW along NW quadrant. Roughly circular area (diam. 60m N-S; 63m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.4m crest, 4.3-5.6m base; H above int. 0.78-0.92m; H above ext. 1.95m - measurements in NE and SSE sectors respectively); U-shaped fosse on visible on S side (Wth 1.7m; D 0.86m). Bank has a rounded profile but has been denuded in places to form a flat-topped bank. Bank from NW-N-E-SE is overgrown in places with brambles. Trees growing on top of bank. Gap in E quadrant (Wth 3.3m) used as tractor access, probably the original entrance. There are tractor furrows across the interior and hay has been deposited on the opposite W bank. Gap (Wth 2.2m) broken through bank in S quadrant. Field boundary runs approx. E-W up to 5m from the E bank, then turns S along an N-S axis. Some young conifers (H 0.8m) have been planted on NE bank. Bank drops steeply to exterior, it is composed of clay with some stones. Some field clearance has been dumped into the fosse.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.