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Castle - ringwork and bailey

Knockuragh, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork and bailey, Knockuragh, 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
Knockuragh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.52711, -7.57939
SMR number
TS063-012----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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, near top of NW-facing slope, with a pond to the SW and an old stream bed to S. Fulachta fia (TS063-075----, TS063-076---- and TS063-077----) are located c. 70m to S and 90m and 100m to the SSW respectively. A circular area (dims. 42m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 2.2m; H 1.8m) which is partially obscured by overgrowth, a substantial and waterlogged intervening fosse (basal Wth 4.5m; overall Wth 9.45m; D 1.8m) and a large intervening bank (Wth at top 6.5m; overall Wth 12.4m; int. H 2.15m; ext. H 2.2m) has a sloping top (H 0.25m) which tilts inwards. The top of the bank in the SW sector appears to be slightly modified to form a possible walkway defined by an inner and outer bank. In the SE and SW sectors the external face of the bank is badly eroded and at NNE the wide bank opens out to form an L-shaped bailey (L 15m c. N-S) with a long return (L c. 18m) c. E-W defined by a much narrower bank on either side. The bank is eroded and reduced to scarp along the N side with an outer fosse (basal Wth 2.5m; overall Wth 11.15m; D 1m). The interior is obscured by dense overgrowth.

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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