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Ringfort - rath

Lickfinn (Crohane Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lickfinn (Crohane Par.), 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
Lickfinn (Crohane Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.59187, -7.63440
SMR number
TS054-017----

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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 reclaimed reseeded grassland, on a N-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views in all directions. Nearby stream 20m to N. Ringfort consists of a raised circular area (diam. 27m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (base Wth 3m; top Wth 2m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1-2m) and outer fosse (base Wth 4m; top Wth 6m; ext. D 0.5m) only visible from W to N elsewhere it has been filled in. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at NE although this may be a later cattle gap, two other cattle gaps at S and W. On the latest ed. OS 6-inch map the ringfort is shown as being located within a small, field defined by three field boundaries. These have all been removed during reclamation work in the larger field and during this work the fosse on the upslope was probably filled in and the external face of the bank was partially cut into during this work. Interior slopes from S to N following the slope, high ground at S and lower ground at N.

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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