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Ringfort - rath

Kilnaneave, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilnaneave, 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
Kilnaneave
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.78484, -8.11056
SMR number
TN027-136----

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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 the N-facing slope of the steep Ballincurra Hill in forest. A forest roadway, constructed c. 12 years ago, destroyed most of the site. Only the SW quadrant of this trivallate site survives (diam. 20.8m N-S). The enclosing elements consist of an inner bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 1.24m; ext. H 1.34m), a fosse (Wth 2m; D 1.96m), a middle bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1.23m), a fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 1.52m), and an outer bank (Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.76m) and external fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 1.06m). According to local information the bank was much higher downslope to the NE. There is a dramatic drop in ground level immediately N of the site.

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.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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