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Ringfort - rath

Ballinard (Rathlynin Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinard (Rathlynin 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
Ballinard (Rathlynin Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Rathvallygoney Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Rathballygoney Fort
Coordinates
52.51955, -8.05079
SMR number
TS059-060----

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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 pasture, on a low rise. A roughly circular area (dims. 39m NE-SW; c. 38m NW-SE) defined by a levelled bank (Wth at top 1.8m; overall Wth 10.65m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 4.3m) which has been reduced to a steep scarp (Wth 5.6m; H 4.3m). There is an entrance (Wth 3.5m) at the ESE. The exterior and top of the scarp are covered in vegetation. The grass-covered interior has a gentle SW-facing slope. The 1840 edition OS 6-inch map depict a wide fosse enclosing the monument with an outer bank. On the 1904 edition the outer bank appears to have been incorporated in a field boundary. All the surrounding field boundaries have been removed, except that abutting the SE quadrant. Both OS 6-inch maps also depict a mound (TS059-060001-) in the interior, off-centre to the N.

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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