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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
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.53873, -8.20832
SMR number
TS058-005----

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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 SW-facing slope in gently undulating improved pasture. Originally circular, the ringfort now consists of a raised roughly D-shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a substantial earthen bank (overall Wth 10.5m; Wth at top 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.3m) with an external fosse (Wth at base 3m; overall Wth 5.1m; D 0.5m). The bank is best preserved SSE-N with the inner side being very low and difficult to discern N-NE. From NE-SE the edge of the ringfort has been cut back and straightened off resulting in the removal of the bank and the infilling of the fosse. A modern N-S orientated modern field boundary lies along the approximate line of the infilled fosse NE-E with a second E-W orientated boundary located 10m to the S of the monument. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at SSW with a causeway across the fosse marks the position of the original entrance. There is a modern break (Wth 3m) through the bank with a ramp to the interior at N. The interior is level across the N two-thirds while the S one-third slopes gently down to the entrance. The interior is under a loosely spread stand of mature ash and beech trees.

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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