Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garryroan, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryroan
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.34528, -7.97571
- SMR number
- TS081-012----
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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 the flat crest ofa ridge with the ground sloping beyond this to the SE, in tillage. There are a number of ringforts in the vicinity, the closest (TS081-013----) is c. 180m to SE but is not visible due to hedgerow. The ringfort is heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles, the interior was not accessible. The monument, which appears roughly oval on the 1st (1843) and 2nd (1906) ed. OS 6-inch map (diam. c. 37m N-S; c. 48m E-W), is enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 1.3m crest, c. 3m base; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m). There is no clear evidence of an external fosse and the entrance could not be located due to heavy vegetal cover.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 07 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.