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Ringfort - rath

Quakerstown, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Quakerstown, County Tipperary North, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Quakerstown
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Burial Ground
Coordinates
53.00064, -7.96557
SMR number
TN011-011001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a SE-facing slope in undulating pastureland. A circular area (diam. 34m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.77m; max. ext. H 1.8m) with a gap in the E sector (Wth 2.2). This enclosure has been used as a burial ground (TN011-011003), the oldest visible headstone dates to 1877. A rectangular annexe (dims. 19.4m NE-SW; 18.1m NW-SE) abuts the site to the NE which is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m, int. H 0.27m; ext. H 1.22m) and fosse on the SE side (Wth 1.5m; D 0.22m). There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) at SE directly facing a gateway into the site. A stone wall surrounds both the circular enclosure and the annexe. Along the NW wall of the annexe are the remains of a rectangular stone structure, probably the Quaker's Meeting House (TN0100-011002) marked on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The site appears to have been a ringfort which was converted into a burial ground in the nineteenth century.

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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