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Field system

Rathbeg, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Rathbeg, County Tipperary South, 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
Rathbeg
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.69232, -7.60671
SMR number
TS043-012----

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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

On a N-facing slope of pasture with good extensive views in all directions. Nearby ringfort (TS043-013----) and enclosure (TS043-014----) are located 300m and 500m to the SE respectively. The earthworks were identified from an aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 99) taken in 1977. The field has been recently ploughed and re-seeded with grass. A slight hollow depression and suggestions of a curving bank or scarp running from the road in a westerly direction and returning northwards running onto a hedge may be the remains of the levelled earthworks. The cropmark of two large rectangular enclosures in the W quadrant of the field and two adjoining smaller enclosures may be examples of smaller fields associated with an earlier settlement. A cluster of dwellings is depicted on the Down Survey map (1655-6) in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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