Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynacloona, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacloona
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.39451, -7.48707
- SMR number
- TS078-042----
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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 crest of flat-topped hill sloping gently to NE, in pasture. Field boundary runs N-S along outer face of outer bank in E quadrant. Circular ringfort (diam. 25m N-S; 23.6m E-W) enclosed by a inner bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m); flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.76-1.17m) and outer bank (Wth 5.2-7.9m; ext. H 0.8m). Mature oak trees are growing on the banks and two in the interior. Clearly defined entrance in N quadrant (inner gap Wth 2.2m; outer gap with 3.2), gap in outer bank on E side is edged by two boulders. Banks composed of earth and stone with large stones protruding from the outer bank, particularly in the N and W sectors, including a sandstone upright boulder (H 0.9,; Wth 0.9m) in the latter sector. Stones have been dumped against the outer face of the inner bank in the SW sector.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 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.