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Ringfort - rath

Glencoshabinnia, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Glencoshabinnia, 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
Glencoshabinnia
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.38879, -8.17334
SMR number
TS074-012----

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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)
  • 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 fairly steep NW-facing slope at the foot of Galtymore in the Galty mountain range, in rough meadow. A road runs along the N-E-SE sector of the ringfort, curving out to respect the monument, however, it does truncate the outer bank. An oval, bivallate ringfort (diam. 41m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a bank largely reduced to scarp (Wth 2-4.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.74-1.08m), fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.17--0.67m) and external bank (Wth 5.4m; ext. H 1m) visible in the SE-S-W sector. The outer bank is incorporated in a NE-SW field boundary in the N quadrant. The interior is divided by a post and wire fence, with a gate, running roughly NW-SE through the centre. The ground in the interior in the NE sector has been disturbed, perhaps as a result of shallow quarrying. The interior slopes NW with the natural hill slope. There is a lot of stone in the bank composition. The bank is damaged in the S and WNW quadrants by a tractor path.

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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