Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oldgrange, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldgrange
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.32098, -7.82951
- SMR number
- TS082-075----
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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 gentle SE-facing slope off crest of hill, in undulating terrain. The NW portion, which has been levelled and is no longer visible above ground, is under tillage. The SE portion is in pasture. A ringfort (TS082-070----) is situated c. 250m to the NW. Just over half the monument survives above ground, it is heavily overgrown with nettles with dead wood beneath while the banks are virtually inaccessible due to scrub, brambles and nettles. It is depicted as being a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 36m; N-S; c. 38m E-W) on the 1904-05 ed. OS 6-inch map. The bank is largely reduced to scarp (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.26m; ext. H 1.07m) with a steep drop to exterior. There appear to be at least two breaks in bank in the SE quadrant. Field boundaries N and NW of the ringfort have been removed.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 12 February 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.