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Ringfort - rath

Gortanassy East, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gortanassy East, 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
Gortanassy East
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.58803, -7.57825
SMR number
TS055-008----

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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 a SW-facing slope of rising ground in upland area with good views to S, W and N and higher ground to E. Nearby possible ringfort (TS055-029----) 240m to SW, ringfort (TS055-007----) 300m to W and enclosure (TS055-028----) 400m to W. Poorly preserved ringfort consists of a slightly raised circular area (diam. 30m NE-SW; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.5m; base Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 1.5-0.6m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp and is best preserved at NE and outer fosse (base Wth 1.2m; top Wth 3m; ext. D 0.5-0.7m) with no entrance feature visible. Interior follows sloping terrain from NE to SW with no effort to raised the interior to create a level interior. Incorporated into corner of field where bank and outer fosse acts as field boundary from N through E to SE. No other features 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.

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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