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Ringfort - rath

Ballyphilip (ballingarry Par., South Riding), County Tipperary South, Ireland

The record

Townland
Ballyphilip (ballingarry Par., South Riding)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.60009, -7.59277
SMR number
TS055-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

In wet grassland on an E-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views in all directions. Ringfort consists of a circular area (diam. 28m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) with remains of an outer fosse (base Wth 2.5m; top Wth 4m; ext. D 0.3m) visible from E through S to W only. No entrance feature visible gaps in bank at SE (Wth 3m) and W (Wth 2m) may be just livestock gaps. Bank intersected by a field boundary at SW and E as shown on latest ed. OS 6-inch map.

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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