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Ringfort - rath

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

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cooleagh (Cooleagh Par.), Lismortagh, 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
Cooleagh (Cooleagh Par.),Lismortagh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Lismortagh
Coordinates
52.52759, -7.68159
SMR number
TS062-051----

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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 level pasture, truncated by a regional road across the ESE sector. A multivallate ringfort (TS062-052----) is located c. 40m to the SE. A semi-circular area (dims. 35m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) from SW-N-NE survives, defined by a bank (overall Wth 5.5m; Wth at top 1.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.35m); a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (overall Wth 7.4m; basal Wth 2.9m; D 1.05m), a berm (Wth 2.75m) with a low, bank (overall Wth 3.35m; Wth at top 1.0m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) along its outer edge; a wide and flat-bottomed outer fosse (overall Wth 6.45m; basal Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) and a well preserved bank which is probably a field boundary (overall Wth 2.75m; Wth at top 0.75m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m). The berm opens out wider at NW where it is also defined by a low bank (overall Wth 4.6m; Wth at top 1.9m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.2m) on its inner edge. The interior is concave and densely overgrown. The NE-S-SW portion of the monument is not visible at ground level in the field to the ESE.

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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