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Ringfort - rath

Lismortagh,Mortlestown (Cooleagh Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lismortagh, Mortlestown (Cooleagh 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
Lismortagh,Mortlestown (Cooleagh Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.53565, -7.67500
SMR number
TS062-019----

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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 level area of an E-facing slope. A ringfort (TS062-018----) lies c. 60m to NE. It is depicted on the 2nd (1905) ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval area (overall map dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 55m E-W) with a townland boundary running E-W along the S edge. Cahill (1982) described this monument as being in 'poor condition...barely traceable' with a bank and ditch. It is not visible at ground level, though the surface of the field is uneven at this location.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 13 October 2014

References

Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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