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Ringfort - rath

Glenough Lower, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Glenough Lower, 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
Glenough Lower
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.63023, -8.06520
SMR number
TS045-016----

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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 steep NE-facing slope overlooking Aughaglawny river valley in mountainous area. Ringfort consists of a raised circular area (diam. 31m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen bnak (Top wth 2m; base Wth. 3.5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1m) and external fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.3m) visible on upslope only from E through W to NW elsewhere the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 1-3m) on the downslope with no trace of the external fosse. Possible ramped entrance visible at E (Wth 3.5m) with second gap possibly of modern date at NW (Wth 2.5m). The inerior of the surface of the ringfort appears to be arranged on two levels with a higher surface on the upslope which was cut into, to produce a lower level on the downslope. This may be the result of modern quarrying or could be part of the original design of the interior of the ringfort, being cut into the NE face of a steep hillslope.

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.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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