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Ringfort - rath

Carrigaloe, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrigaloe, 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
Carrigaloe
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.41442, -7.51886
SMR number
TS078-009----

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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 steep NE-facing slope in upland pasture, monument under grass and partially truncated by road which runs NE-SW along NW quadrant. Roughly circular area (diam. 60m N-S; 63m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.4m crest, 4.3-5.6m base; H above int. 0.78-0.92m; H above ext. 1.95m - measurements in NE and SSE sectors respectively); U-shaped fosse on visible on S side (Wth 1.7m; D 0.86m). Bank has a rounded profile but has been denuded in places to form a flat-topped bank. Bank from NW-N-E-SE is overgrown in places with brambles. Trees growing on top of bank. Gap in E quadrant (Wth 3.3m) used as tractor access, probably the original entrance. There are tractor furrows across the interior and hay has been deposited on the opposite W bank. Gap (Wth 2.2m) broken through bank in S quadrant. Field boundary runs approx. E-W up to 5m from the E bank, then turns S along an N-S axis. Some young conifers (H 0.8m) have been planted on NE bank. Bank drops steeply to exterior, it is composed of clay with some stones. Some field clearance has been dumped into the fosse.

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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