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Ringfort - rath

Brittas (St. Patricksrock Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Brittas (St. Patricksrock 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
Brittas (St. Patricksrock Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.52392, -7.91213
SMR number
TS060-062----

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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 the W end of a low E-W ridge in gently undulating grassland. A ringfort (TS060-063----) lies c. 15m to ESE and the Rock of Cashel (TS061-025003-) is clearly visible 1.5km to the ESE. A roughly circular area (diam. 44m N-S; 41m E-W) defined by a flat-topped bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m; Wth crest 1.8m; Wth base 5.1m), which falls gradually to the interior, and the possible remains of a fosse (Wth 6.5m; D 0.48m) which is visible intermittently from SW-W-NW. This monument is depicted on the 1st (1840-41) ed. OS 6-inch map in a similar fashion to its neighbouring ringfort which suggests that it was itself a ringfort which was subsequently landscaped as a tree-ring on the grounds of Brittas House. The outer face of the bank has a dry-stone revettment c. 1m high around the complete circuit and mature beech trees are growing on top of the bank. There is a gap in the bank in the SE quadrant (Wth 2m) which may have been the original entrance, facing directly towards the neighbouring ringfort. The level interior is overgrown with elder scrub. The monument is fenced off by a wooden fence with electric wire.

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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