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Ringfort - rath

Clonacody, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Clonacody, 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
Clonacody
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.42781, -7.70833
SMR number
TS077-006----

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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 gentle NE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain. Currently in grounds of Slievenamon Golf Club. Roughly circular trivallate ringfort (diam. 26.8m N-S; 28.1m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.9m crest, 6.4m base; int. H 0.74m; ext. H 1.29m); fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 1.36m); bank (Wth 2.5m crest, 5.9m base; ext. H 1.66m); outer fosse (Wth 1.7m; D 1.34m) and outer bank (Wth 2m crest, 3.4m base; ext. H 0.7m). Ringfort is overgrown with trees but relatively clear beneath. Entrance in E quadrant (Wth 2m) through two other banks, not as clear through inner bank and is slightly off-line to SE. Monument is enclosed by a field bank in the N and W sectors, the other bank has been augmented by this field boundary in the N quadrant. There are narrow cattle gaps in the outer banks in the S quadrant. According to Lyons (1937, 127) the local name for the monument was 'Lalor's Fort'.

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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