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Ringfort - rath

Graigaheesha, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Graigaheesha, 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
Graigaheesha
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.67864, -7.54199
SMR number
TS043-031----

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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 slightly elevated flat pasture with good views in all directions. A slight hollow depression and low surface undulations may indicate the location of this levelled ringfort which otherwise is not visible at ground level. It was described as a ringfort in 1958 by the OPW (OPW Correspondence file), then as a circular enclosure in 1975, enclosed by a single bank and ditch and situated on a sloping ridge (Cahill 1975). In 1989 it is described as an enclosure measuring 100m in diameter inside which there is a small heap of stones possibly a cairn (diam. 7m) and a bullaun stone (TS43-031002-) with 3 hollow depressions (McCormack 1989, 13). The ringfort appears to have been levelled between 1989 and 2003, possibly when the landowner constructed sheds and a farmyard to the rear of a farmhouse, which are not marked on the 1973 aerial photograph.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

McCormack, M. (compiler) 1989 Gortnahoe-Glengoole: a guide. Gortnahoe.

Cahill, M. 1975 Field survey of County Tipperary South Riding. Unpublished.

Nearby in the register

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

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