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Ráth na Cloiche Fada | |
 Longstone viewed in situ. | |
  Shown within Ireland | |
| Location | Longstone, Cullen, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Region | Munster |
| Area | 2,400 m2 (0.6 acre) |
| Diameter | 55 m (60 yd) |
| History | |
| Material | earth, limestone |
| Founded | 1 AD |
| Periods | Iron Age |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1973–76 |
Longstone Rath (Irish: Ráth na Cloiche Fada) is a ringfort (rath) located in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Location
Longstone Rath is located on a height overlooking the Ardfinnan–Emly road, 1.6 km (1 mile) west-southwest of Cullen.
History and archaology
The longstone, a lump of limestone about 2.3 m (7' 7") in height, is located on a mound within a bivallate ringfort.[1] The site was excavated in 1973–76, where 4,000 potsherds, 6 complete vessels, over 400 flint scrapers, cremated bones and grooved ware pottery were found. The mound is thought to date from c. AD 1 (mid-Iron Age, with the rath being added about AD 600.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF IRELAND.COM: Longstone
- ^ "Longstone" on Megalithomania
- ^ [http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Archaeology/Unpublished_Excavations_30-97_2002.pdf Unpublished Excavations in the Republic of Ireland 1930-1997]
- ^ [1]