Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dangan, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dangan
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.27161, -8.11593
- SMR number
- TS086-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On ground sloping gradually to S in undulating pastureland. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 26.5m N-S; 28m E-W) delimited by an earthen bank (Wth 2m crest, 4.5m base; int. H 0.86m; ext. H 2m) and shallow, U-shaped fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.35m). The interior is quite overgrown with brambles, particularly in the N and S quadrants. Bank has been quite denuded by cattle. A laneway, now disused, runs along the exterior of W side, the interior was accessible from this lane as entrance (Wth 2m) was broken through bank, there is another gap in bank directly opposite this in the E quadrant which, though widened, may be the original entrance. There is a small later stone structure in lane near W entrance. Gap (Wth 1.5m) in SW quadrant due to cattle erosion.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 18 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.