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Ringfort - rath

Rathbeg, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, 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
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Rathbeg
Coordinates
52.68984, -7.60479
SMR number
TS043-013----

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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 top of high ground with good views in all directions, in undulating pasture. An enclosure (TS043-014----) is located 170m to the SSE and a field system (TS043-012----) lies 310m to the NNW. The barely visible outline of a levelled ringfort consists of a circular area (diam. 30m NE-SW) enclosed by the faintest outline of a levelled bank. It was described in 1989 (Mc Cormack, 15) as a large fort about 50m (150ft) in diameter enclosed by a fosse (Wth. 6m (20ft); D 2m (7ft)) and outer bank (Wth. 4m (14ft); H 2m (5ft). The ruins of 19th/20th-century farm buildings are located immediately to the NW of the ringfort.

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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