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Castle - ringwork

Rosegreen, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork, Rosegreen, 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
Rosegreen
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Shancashlaun
Latest-edition OS map
Shancashlaun
Coordinates
52.47118, -7.82272
SMR number
TS069-038002-

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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 gently undulating pasture. Oval area (dims. 41m N-S; 44m E-W) defined by remains of inner earth and stone bank (Wth 11.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 3.05m) enclosing castle (TS069-038001-). Fosse (Wth 14m; D 2.3m) SW-N-NE is inaccessible in places at NW and NNE. No fosse or bank NE-E-SE where ground falls from inner enclosing area to water-filled fosse. Bank (Wth 11.5m; int. H 2.3m; ext. H 2.2m) SW-N-NE is well formed and steeper on exterior than interior. Fosse (Wth 11.5m; D 2.6m) is wide and flat based (Basal Wth 2m). Fosse is inaccessible W-NW due to overgrowth and filled with stagnant water NNW-N-E-SE. Bank (Wth 11m; int. H 2.6m; ext. H 2.25m) SW-W-ENE and continues in form of thin, eroded tree-lined bank ENE-SE. Fosse (Wth 11m; D 1.85m) SW-N-ENE and traces NE-ENE. Remains of bank (Wth 6.7m int. H 1.85m; ext. H 0.5m) SW-WNW and NE-ENE and incorporated into field boundary WNW-NE. According to O'Flanagan (1930, vol. 3, 81), there are some fragmentary remains of masonry and traceable foundations enclosed in a large trivallate enclosure.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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