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Ringfort - rath

Duncummin, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Duncummin, 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
Duncummin
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.49087, -8.35590
SMR number
TS057-017001-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

On a very slight N-facing slope in pasture. Circular slightly raised area (diam. 15m) enclosed by a steep sided flat-topped earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.2m; Wth at top 1.4m; overall Wth. 5.4m) with traces of an external fosse (Wth 3-4m). From N-E the bank is absent and the ringfort is defined by a slight irregular scarp. A NNW-ESE orientated lane lies along the line of the fosse NE-ESE. Either of two breaks in the bank, one at SSW (Wth 4m) and one at NW (Wth 4m), could mark the position of the original entrance. Interior slopes slightly facing N and is clear of overgrowth.

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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