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Castle - ringwork

Nodstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork, Nodstown, 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
Nodstown
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated, Raheenbeg
Latest-edition OS map
Raheenbeg
Coordinates
52.58295, -7.90683
SMR number
TS052-015----

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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

In grassland atop natural rise of ground in undulating grassland with good views in all directions. Ringwork consists of a raised platform (diam. 33m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m) with a small old quarry (D 1.4m; 10m N-S x 20m E-W) which is depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map in S quadrant. Platform intersected by a field boundary at S on an E-W axis. Well-preserved platform with evidence of quarrying in S quadrant and on the external face of the scarp at NW. No entrance feature visible.

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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