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Ringfort - rath

Glenbane, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Glenbane, 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
Glenbane
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.47917, -8.30411
SMR number
TS066-004----

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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 top of a slight rise in gently rolling pasture. Circular raised area (diam. 22m) with the NW half defined by an earthen scarp (Wth 5m; H 2.9m) with an external broad flat-bottomed fosse (overall Wth 5.6m; Wth at base 3.5m; D 0.9m). The scarp SW-NE and is topped with the footings of a drystone wall (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1m) that may or may not be original. From NE-SW the scarped edge and the interior have been levelled. The fosse encloses the monument on all sides and is best preserved SW-NE where it has a consistent broad flat-bottomed profile. The fosse has been almost completely infilled NE-SW and is barely visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Mature thorn bushes grow along the scarp with the interior under grass. A roughly circular depression (diam. 6m; D 0.1m) immediately within the footings of the drystone wall at NNW appears to 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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