Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lismortagh,mortlestown (cooleagh Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
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----
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 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 Unpublished M. A. thesis.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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.