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Ringfort - rath

Mortlestown (Cooleagh Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Mortlestown (Cooleagh 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
Mortlestown (Cooleagh Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.54759, -7.65936
SMR number
TS054-067----

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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 on an E-facing slope of rising ground in upland river valley with good views to E with higher ground to W. Circular area (int. diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.8m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 1-3m) and external fosse (base Wth 3m; top Wth 6m; ext. D 1-1.5m) with possible widened entrance gap (Wth 9m) at E. Interior of ringfort follows natural slope of land from W to E. Damage caused by badger burrowing to inner bank at W on the uplsope, otherwise well preserved. The external height of the inner bank is at its highest on the uplsope where the enclosing fosse is widest and deepest from W to N and is not as well preserved from S to E, no visible trace of outer fosse on E side of ringfort. Classic univallate ringfort.

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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