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Ringfort - rath

Outeragh, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Outeragh, 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
Outeragh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.41350, -7.88514
SMR number
TS076-020----

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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 crest of broad, flat-topped ridge, sloping slightly to S, in pasture. Ringfort (TS076-021----) located c. 150m to the SSW and Outeragh Church (TS076-018----) is c. 300m to the NW. Roughly circular area (ext. diam. c. 25m N-S; c. 28m E-W) heavily overgrown with scrub and nettles. Monument is defined by a bank with high stone content (Wth 1.5m crest, 4.8m base; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.38m). There is no visible trace of an ext. fosse, though nettles are growing vigorously at the ext. base of bank. A field boundary runs roughly NE-SW outside the S quadrant. Two field boundaries to N of the ringfort have been removed. Bank is largely intact but denuded by cattle in places. Limited digging into bank in E quadrant. In S-SW sector the bank is reduced to scarp.

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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