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Ringfort - rath

Thurlesbeg, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Thurlesbeg, 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
Thurlesbeg
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.54781, -7.88223
SMR number
TS053-056----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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 low flat rise of ground with good views in all directions overlooking Arglo River to N. Unreclaimed wet marshy land to N, land to E in tillage and in grassland elsewhere. Ringfort (TS053-057----) 160m to E. Ringfort consists of a raised circular area (int. diam. 23m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.7m; base Wth 3.5m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m; int. H 0.2m) mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1m) and traces of an outer fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.2m) visible at E and S only. Possible widened entrance gap (Wth 6m) at SE and livestock gap (Wth 4.5m) in bank at NW. Bank best preserved from NW to N elsewhere reduced to a scarp, over grazing of cattle on ringfort has caused considerable damage to the surface of the monument and the external face of the bank especially at SE and E.

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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