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Ringfort - rath

Dangansallagh, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dangansallagh, 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
Dangansallagh
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.89690, -7.81975
SMR number
TN017-032----

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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

Located on a gentle SE-facing slope in gently undulating marshy terrain. A river runs c. 100m N and E of the site. Outlined as a small grove of trees on the 1st ed. (1840) and current (1901-05) OS 6-inch maps. The site has been levelled but is visible as a slightly raised circular area (diam. 28m N-S and E-W) which rises slightly towards the centre with evidence of a much denuded bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.12m; ext. H 0.4m) and shallow outer fosse (Wth 1.2-1.6m; D 0.12m). There are four tree stumps roughly in line NW-SE across the centre of the interior. The indication on the OS 6-inch maps would suggest a tree-ring classification for this site, however it was inspected in 1957 before it was levelled and was confidently described as an earthen ringfort with bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.84m) and very shallow fosse (Wth 1.5m), badly overgrown with scrub (OPW files, 17.7.1957).

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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