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Ringfort - rath

Friarsfield, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Friarsfield, 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
Friarsfield
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.49641, -8.12210
SMR number
TS059-106001-

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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 improved pasture, on a SSE-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 34m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by low bank (Wth 5.95m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.9m), fosse (Wth 5.9-7.8m; D 0.57-0.95) and outer bank (Wth 4.75m; int. H 0.57m; ext. H 0.25m). The inner bank survives from N-E, at SSW and WNW-NW and is reduced to a scarp (Wth 3.2m; H 1.2m) in the E-SSW, WSW-WNW and NW-N. The enclosing elements are almost obscured by vegetation from NNE-NW. The fosse is visible from SW-SE and is traceable from SE-SW. The outer bank is best defined from ENE-SE and is levelled but traceable at the NE-ENE and W-WNW. There is a gap (Wth 1.75m and Wth 2.5m) at the NNW and SSW respectively. The interior is ungrazed and has tussocks of grass with briars encroaching from the perimeter, it generally slopes with the natural incline. The monument is within a field named 'Rathnasmoorlane Field' on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. An earthwork (TS059-106002-) adjoins to the NW.

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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