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Ringfort - rath

Milltown St. John, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Milltown St. John, 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
Milltown St. John
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.53240, -7.66768
SMR number
TS062-021----

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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 SE-facing slope. A ringfort (TS062-020----) lies c. 260m to NW. An oval area (dims. 36m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (overall Wth 6.3m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.1.35m) ESE-W-NE, which is lower from NE-E-ESE (overall Wth 6.7m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.9m), and an outer fosse (overall Wth 10.10m; basal Wth 2.65m; D 1.25m) SW-E-ENE, which is shallower in the SE quadrant (overall Wth 8.35m; basal Wth 4m; D 0.15m) and backfilled in the S quadrant. A probable entrance gap (Wth 9.5m) at SSE is blocked by fallen trees. The interior slopes steeply to the SE and is obscured by undergrowth.

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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