What is recorded here

Rathmore is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathmore (Borrisokane parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies high ground with extensive views and presents a raised circular area measuring 39 metres north-south and 50 metres east-west. Two earth and stone banks enclose the site with a wide, flat-bottomed intervening ditch 6 metres wide and 1 metre deep, while a causewayed entrance opens at the northeast. The inner bank remains the best preserved feature, but the outer bank is visible only from southeast to south because it is destroyed elsewhere.

Situated on high ground with extensive views. An impressive raised circular area (diam. 39m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with wide, flat-bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 6m; D 1m) with causewayed entrance at NE. The inner bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.3-6m) is the best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 0.3m) is only visible from SE to S - elsewhere it is destroyed. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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