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Ringfort - rath

Cahernahallia, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cahernahallia, 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
Cahernahallia
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.58547, -8.21829
SMR number
TS050-006----

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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 the SW end of a NE-SW ridge, utilising the natural fall of the ridge on the S side as a natural defensive feature. Situated in poorly drained land with a fulacht fiadh (TS050-023----) c. 80m to the NE. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 29m N-S; 29.1m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (top Wth 3.6m; base Wth 6.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.9m), fosse (Wth 2.2m; ext. D 1m) and external bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 3.8m; ext. H 0.3m) visible from SSW through W to N only. From NE through E to SSW the interior is defined by a scarp (ext. H 0.9m) and outer berm (Wth 5.8m) with no evidence of an enclosing fosse or external bank. This could be due to the natural defensiveness of the ridge on this side. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2.8m) in the bank at the S.

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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