Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clashganny West, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clashganny West
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.26371, -7.79622
- SMR number
- TS088-036002-
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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 gentle NW-facing slope on crest of ridge, in rough upland pasture, 4m NW of ringfort (TS088-036001-) and 2m NE of enclosure (TS088-036004-). Circular area (diam. 26.7m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 0.9m crest, 2.9m base; int. H 0.57m; ext. H 0.75m). Souterrain (TS088-036003-) in the interior in the W quadrant, running E-W. Clear, grass-covered interior with some gorse and scrub growing around the bank. Some boulders appear to have been thrown up on the bank in the NW quadrant. Gap (Wth 1.4m) in bank in S quadrant and another gap in the E quadrant which is obscured by gorse.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.