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Ringfort - rath

Ballingarry Lower, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballingarry Lower, 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
Ballingarry Lower
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.59482, -7.56891
SMR number
TS055-011----

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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 region with good views in all directions. Ringforts (TS055-010----) (TS055-009----) 300m and 365m to the NW and W respectively. Ringfort consists of a circular area (int. diam. 25m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.8m; base Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.3- 0.6m; ext. H 1-3m) and wide deep outer fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 7-10m; ext. D1-3m) with possible causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at E. Quarry located in E quad. of ringfort interior just inside entrance feature with adjoining fosse at SE widened due to quarrying activity. Interior slopes from W to E following natural slope of terrain on which the ringfort is located. Different in morphology from the two other nearby ringforts, more defensive with a deeper and more defensive outer fosse.

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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