Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Marlfield, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marlfield
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.34465, -7.77350
- SMR number
- TS082-053----
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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
In woodland in Glenbawn which was extant on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map, and is designated 'Fox Covert' on the 1904-5 ed. (diam. c. 47m). It is located on ground which falls steeply to the S and SW. The ringfort is heavily overgrown, mostly with rhododendrons and young ash trees. The S edge is defined by scarp (H 1.25m) with possible traces of an earthen and stone bank. In the S quadrant there is a external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.7-0.8m) but this may be the result of more recent ground disturbance as there are dumps of earth within the fosse. In the W quadrant the scarp survives (H 1.7m) but there is no evidence of an external fosse. In the N quadrant the edge of the ringfort becomes undiscernible, it is possibly levelled, though it is obscured by vegetation. Several active bee-hives have been placed in the N quadrant making close examination of this area impossible.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 04 February 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.