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Ringfort - rath

Garrynoe, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Garrynoe, 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
Garrynoe
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.58923, -7.57255
SMR number
TS055-013----

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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 grassland on an E-facing slope of rising ground in upland region, good views to N, E and S, higher ground to W. Ringfort consists of a small circular (diam. 18m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW) area enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (base Wth 2m; top Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.8-1.7m; int. H 0.1-0.3m) and external fosse (base Wth 1.2m; top Wth 3.5m; ext. D 0.3-0.8m) visible from N through E to S only, filled in elsewhere, causewayed entrance (Wth 3m) at SE. Poorly preserved interior with evidence of field clearance debris dumped in interior and bank has been reduced to a scarp by cattle erosion on the N through E to S of the ringfort. Monument intersected by field boundary at SW and NE as depicted on 1843 ed. OS 6-inch map. Originally the ringfort was located on wet grassland in upland region with slightly raised interior enclosed by a bank and outer fosse with entrance feature on the downslope at E. Interior slopes from W to E, following natural slope of terrain. Gap in bank at NE (Wth 1m) appears to be for livestock.

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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