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Ringfort - rath

Ballyhusty, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyhusty, 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
Ballyhusty
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Ballyhusty Fort
Coordinates
52.48718, -8.10785
SMR number
TS059-117----

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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 S-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 29m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by the remains of a low bank which has been reduced to scarp (Wth 5.5m; H 2.75m), a fosse (Wth 9.75m; D 1.25m) and outer bank (Wth 6.5m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 0.85m) which is cut by a linear drainage channel (long axis WSW-ENE) which exits at the S. There is a heavy overgrowth of briars around the perimeter which obscure the scarp from SSW-E and the fosse completely. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.4m) at the SSW. The interior is uneven in places and has a gentle S-facing slope. A field boundary (long axis N-S) skirts the monument at the E. There is an enclosure (TS059-116----) c. 70m 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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