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Ringfort - rath

Knockkelly, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knockkelly, 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
Knockkelly
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.50589, -7.65206
SMR number
TS062-097----

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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 woodland, on a WSW-facing slope; enclosed by forestry plantation to N and E. Another bivallate ringfort (TS062-088----) lies c. 300m to the N and an enclosure (TS062-098----) lies c. 200m to the E. A substantial oval area (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 55m E-W) defined by an inner bank (overall Wth 10.9m; Wth at top 1.4m; int. H 2.2m; ext. H 2.0m); a substantial U-shaped intervening fosse (overall Wth 9m; basal Wth 2.0m; D 3.3m); a substantial outer bank (overall Wth 7.8-11.5m; Wth at top 1.8-2.0m; int. H 3.15m; ext. H 2.6m) and an outer fosse (overall Wth 11m; basal Wth 2.5m; D 2.4m) is broad NNW-N-NE, yet shallow and deepens NE-E-SE. There is a pronounced berm (Wth 0.5m; H 0.2m) halfway up the outer side, visible from ENE-E-SE which is obscured by overgrowth from SE-S-SW, where it may be truncated by a field boundary. The inner bank has a gap (Wth 4.2m) at WSW and narrow gap (Wth 2.2m) at NW. The intervening fosse is largely obscured by overgrowth with a possible causewayed at WSW. The outer bank has a berm (Wth 2m; H 0.3m) on the inner side, halfway up bank, visible from NW-N-ESE and has a gap at WSW (Wth 4.2m) and NW (Wth 2.2m). The interior has a steady WSW-facing slope and is obscured by vegetation.

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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