Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mauganstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mauganstown
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.37425, -7.52847
- SMR number
- TS078-050----
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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 gradual NE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, with tillage to E,S and W. Field boundary runs E-W along N edge of ringfort with pasture on N side. Bivallate ringfort (diam. 22.7m NE-SW) enclosed by a flat-topped inner bank (Wth 8.9m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.2m), fosse (Wth 4.1m; D 1.43m) and flat-topped outer bank (Wth 8.2m; H 1.7m) and slight outer fosse visible in the NW quadrant (Wth 2.4m; D 0.5m). Both banks are earthen with small boulders visible in places. The S quadrant has been quarried into removing the inner bank and interior in that sector. In the N sector a portion of the outer bank appears to have been quarried although this is obscured by vegetation. Ringfort is relatively clean though trees are growing on the banks. Gap (Wth 5.3m) in the S quadrant may be the original entrance though it has been widened to allow access to the quarry.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.