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Ring-ditch

Derryfadda, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Derryfadda, 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
Derryfadda
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.73456, -7.66280
SMR number
TN036-062----

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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

In tillage. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 18m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth; imagery date 12 August 2022), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. A ringfort (WA025-063----) lies c. 200m to the NNW.

See attached imagery:
TN036-062--------_01 Google Earth satellite imagery; imagery date 12 August 2022

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 28 June 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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