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Ringfort - rath

Knockphelagh, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knockphelagh, 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
Knockphelagh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.53752, -8.22398
SMR number
TS058-002----

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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

In gently undulating poor wet pasture with an enclosure (TS058-003----) located c. 130m to the NE. Originally circular, the ringfort now consists of a roughly circular slightly raised area (dims. 20m NNE-SSW; 15m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen scarped edge (Wth 1.35m; ext. H 0.3m) with a shallow flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth at base 2m; overall Wth 4.2m; D 0.2m). From SW-NW the scarped edge has been lowered in height and straightened off and the fosse infilled. A slight ramp (Wth 2m) across the scarped edge at E may indicate the position of the original entrance. The interior undulates slightly across the N half 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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