Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Railstown (railstown Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Railstown (railstown Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.49567, -7.80816
- SMR number
- TS061-118----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In improved, level pasture. No visible surface trace. Irregular, poorly drained area at location of monument. Depicted on latest edition OS 6-inch map as a horseshoe-shaped area (dims. c. 25m NNE-SSW; c. 22m WNW-ESE) defined by bank E-WNW and truncated by field boundary (long-axis WNW-ESE) across NE-sector. According to Cahill (1982, R371) monument was in a fair condition with one bank and one ditch.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.