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Ringfort - rath

Slainstown North, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Slainstown North, 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
Slainstown North
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.49795, -7.67635
SMR number
TS062-121001-

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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

On a SE-facing slope in undulating terrain, in pasture. Holy well (TS062-121002-) located in SE quadrant of ringfort at base of ext. face of bank. Roughly circular monument (diam. 49.4m NW-SE; no other diam. obtainable as the SE and SW quadrants are heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 1.55m; ext. H 2.1-2.8m) and fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 1.77m), the fosse becomes very shallow downslope to the E and S (Wth 1.6m; D 0.3m). In the S quadrant the fosse has been recut to form a channel. Trees growing around the bank which has numerous burrows. Possible causewayed entrance in SE quadrant (Wth 3m), though this may be a later featurer as there is a stone pier at its S end with a corresponding pier to S indicating a former trackway running roughly E-W along SE quadrant of the ringfort.

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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