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Ringfort - rath

Ballincurry (Crohane Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballincurry (Crohane 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
Ballincurry (Crohane Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.58504, -7.60894
SMR number
TS055-022----

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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 atop high ground with good views in all directions in upland region. Ringfort consists of a circular area (approx.int. diam. N-S 31m) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.7m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.4; ext. H 0.8m) with an outer fosse visible (base Wth 2.5m; top Wth 4m; ext. D 0.4m) only NNW elsewhere it has been filled in. Gap (Wth 2.5m) in bank at W and bank has been levelled at E with field boundary traversing centre of site on a NE-SW axis. Interior covered in thorn bushes and bank covered in gorse bushes. Fosse of ringfort intersected at E by a field boundary on a N-S axis. 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.

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