What is recorded here

Enclosure in Rathordan is an enclosure in Rathordan, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies an oval area 32 metres east to west and 28 metres north to south on the upper edge of an east-facing contour. A levelled scarp 3.7 metres wide and 0.35 metres high marks the south through west to north arc, while a shorter scarp 1.5 metres wide and 0.35 metres high marks the northwest to south arc. The interior is higher on the west side and falls gently eastward.

In improved pasture, on the upper edge of an E-facing contour. Levelled remains of oval area (dims. 32m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by levelled scarp (Wth 3.7m; H 0.35m) S-NW and reduced to a very short, levelled scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 0.35m) NW-S. Interior is higher to W-side and falls gently to E, with prevalent slope. Faint scar of curvilinear field boundary respects E-side of monument. Trackway may truncate base of scarp to W and trackway c. 2m to S. The enclosure is depicted on the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1952-54) ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m) and was drawn as such in a sketch plan and sections in 1954 (OS Field Memorandums). In 1982 Cahill (unpublished thesis) described the monument as being in poor condition with one bank and a waterlogged ditch. Ringfort (TS061-091----) is c. 100m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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