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Ringfort - rath

Gortaderry, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gortaderry, 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
Gortaderry
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.59146, -8.21325
SMR number
TS050-004----

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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 extensive views in undulating countryside with a ringfort (TS050-003---) c. 200m to the N. A poorly preserved ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 39.7m N-S; 38.9m E-W) enclosed by a much degraded earth and stone bank (Wth 1.2m ; ext. H 0.3m; int. H 0.2m) which has been reduced to a scarp in places. An outer bank visible from SE through S to W is probably a later field bank enclosing the ringfort on this side only. A field boundary, which intersected the monument from E to N on a NW-SE axis as depicted on the 2nd (1906) ed. OS 6-inch map, has been removed. A depression in the interior may represent disturbance associated with a trigonometric station which is depicted on the 2nd ed. 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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