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Ringfort - rath

Lissadober, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lissadober, 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
Lissadober
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.39103, -7.46901
SMR number
TS079-012----

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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

In improved pasture, on a very gentle SSE-facing slope. The remains of a circular area (dims. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by scarp (Wth 7m; H 0.55m) best preserved in the N quadrant and from E-S-SW and the remains of a fosse (basal Wth 4.5m; overall Wth 12.5m; D 0.15m) in the SW sector. There are the possible remains of a levelled bank (Wth at top 5.5m; overall Wth 11.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.1m) in the SW sector. The interior is generally level. There is a poorly drained area around the exterior in the N quadrant. The monument has the appearance of a low, flat-topped mound and is incorporated into the field as pasture. According to NMI Acquisitions Register (1978) 3 pot sherds (NMI 1978:141-3), 3 pieces of iron slag (NMI 1978:144) and iron objects (NMI 1978:145-6) were recovered from the plough soil of this ringfort.

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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