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Ringfort - rath

Barrettstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Barrettstown, 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
Barrettstown
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.46247, -7.74625
SMR number
TS070-037----

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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 pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope, in SE corner of field. Oval area (dims. 37m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 4m; H 1.4m) except where a low denuded bank is preserved (Wth 10.75m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.3m) N-NNE-E. Scarp (Arc c. 9m) eroded by sheep at W. External fosse (basal Wth 3m; total Wth 8.75m; D 0.75m) narrows to E and S where it is truncated by field boundaries (long-axis E-W to S and long-axis NW-SE to E). Fosse waterlogged SE-SSW. Probable causewayed entrance (Wth c. 5m) at SSW. Interior in grass and tends downslope to S with prevalent slope. According to Cahill (1982) there is a possible souterrain in the NE quadrant.

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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