Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garrandillon, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garrandillon
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.29475, -8.04764
- SMR number
- TS086-046----
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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 top of a flat E-W ridge in undulating pasture. There are very good views in all directions. A roughly circular area (dims. 28m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank with quite a lot of stones visible (int. H 0.2-0.33m; ext. H 0.5-0.78m; Wth at top 0.7-0.8m; overall Wth 2.75-2.9m) and slight outer fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.12m) visible from S-NW and emphasised by lush grass growth. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) in the ENE. The monument has been badly poached by cattle. The bank and most of the interior is denuded of grass. The cattle have also caused some erosion of the bank, particularly in the E quadrant but also in the NW-N quadrant. A post and wire fence runs N-S through the E quadrant and a farm roadway runs E-W 6.5m N of the external base of the N bank.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 1 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.