What is recorded here

Shancashlaun, Rosegreen is a castle ringwork in County Tipperary, Ireland, where an oval bank and deep water-filled fosse still mark the edge of a lost home. The ground falls away to stagnant water on one side, while overgrowth hides the ditch elsewhere, as if the land is keeping its own counsel. People may have lived inside that narrow oval, watching the pasture and waiting for danger to show itself in the dark.

In gently undulating pasture. Oval area (dims. 41m N-S; 44m E-W) defined by remains of inner earth and stone bank (Wth 11.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 3.05m) enclosing castle (TS069-038001-). Fosse (Wth 14m; D 2.3m) SW-N-NE is inaccessible in places at NW and NNE. No fosse or bank NE-E-SE where ground falls from inner enclosing area to water-filled fosse. Bank (Wth 11.5m; int. H 2.3m; ext. H 2.2m) SW-N-NE is well formed and steeper on exterior than interior. Fosse (Wth 11.5m; D 2.6m) is wide and flat based (Basal Wth 2m). Fosse is inaccessible W-NW due to overgrowth and filled with stagnant water NNW-N-E-SE. Bank (Wth 11m; int. H 2.6m; ext. H 2.25m) SW-W-ENE and continues in form of thin, eroded tree-lined bank ENE-SE. Fosse (Wth 11m; D 1.85m) SW-N-ENE and traces NE-ENE. Remains of bank (Wth 6.7m int. H 1.85m; ext. H 0.5m) SW-WNW and NE-ENE and incorporated into field boundary WNW-NE. According to O'Flanagan (1930, vol. 3, 81), there are some fragmentary remains of masonry and traceable foundations enclosed in a large trivallate enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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