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Ringfort - rath

Lismoynan, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lismoynan, 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
Lismoynan
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.51405, -7.63214
SMR number
TS062-102----

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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, enclosed by improved pasture. A roughly circular area (dims. 40m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a bank (overall Wth 9.9-10.75m; Wth at top 1.8-2.6m; int H 0.7-1.15m; ext. H 2.75-2.85m) which is reduced to a steep scarp (Wth 5.8m; H 2.3m) from NE-E-SW and a well-preserved outer fosse (overall Wth 11.15m; basal Wth 1.8m; D 2.05m) from SE-W-NE which is shallower from NE-E-ESE (overall Wth 3.75m; basal Wth 0.5m; D 0.65m) with a stream from NE-E-SE. Another stream runs NW-SE c. 30m W of the ringfort. There is a gap in the scarp (Wth 2.2m) at SSW and a causewayed entrance (L 9.0m; overall Wth 7.7m; Wth at top 4.3m) at ESE which is defined by a scarp (Wth 1.1m; H 0.6m) at the NE and SW edge and may be modern. The interior has a slight tilt downslope to S and is covered by mature trees and vegetation. An oval pit (dims. 7m WSW-ENE; 4m NNW-SSE; D 1.35m) in the SE sector may be modern.

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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