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Ringfort - rath

Gortnahalla, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gortnahalla, 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
Gortnahalla
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.71595, -8.00022
SMR number
TN040-053----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on SSW facing slope just below summit of low hillock with good views from E-S-W and limited views to N. Fulacht fia (TN040-054----) located 80m to S. Circular area (int. diam. 25m NE-SW; 28.7m N-S) with slightly concave interior defined by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) best preserved on the upslope from N-E and from SW-W, elsewhere by a scarp (ext. H 0.5m). The external face of the enclosing bank is intersected at N by a field boundary running E-W. An external fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.2m) is only visible on the upslope from NE-E and elsewhere this feature has been replaced by a berm (Wth 4.3m) only visible on the downslope from SE-S-W. No clear entrance feature visible. Monument is clearly visible on Bing Maps aerial photograph taken between 06 November 2011 and 27 March 2012 (http://www.bing.com/maps).

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 16 October 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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