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Ringfort - rath

Ballyknock, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyknock, 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
Ballyknock
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.53121, -7.86407
SMR number
TS061-010----

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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, in fenced-off area of small quarry. Circular area (dims. 26m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by earthen bank (Wth at top 2.75m; total Wth 8.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) which is best preserved SW-N. Bank (Wth at top 3.6m; total Wth 8.3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.15m) is lower N-SW and exterior truncated by field boundary to NE and SE. Steep drop to retaining wall of recently constructed development, which is built up against cut ground along SE-side of monument. Interior slopes down sharply to SSE and has an uneven area off-centre to SSE, which may have been excavated and backfilled. Large oblong quarried area (long-axis NNE-SSW) flanked by bank along WNW-side, is c. 4m to SW. On the 2nd (1952-54) ed. OS 6-inch map (overall dims. 63m N-S; 48m E-W) and on a sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 there is a wide external fosse (OS Field Memorandums).

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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