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Ringfort - rath

Ballymacadam West, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballymacadam West, 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
Ballymacadam West
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.36995, -7.90283
SMR number
TS081-003----

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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 the S-facing slope of a ridge in undulating terrain, under grass. The monument appears to have been located on a natural hillock on this ridge. Though the monument has been levelled to some extent, the outline is still visible as a raised (H 1m), circular area (diam. 50m). A field bank, with stone revettment, runs along the top edge of the N quadrant. The interior slopes to E where there is a reduction in the height of the scarp, possibly flatten by tractor access. There is evidence of former feeding trough in the NE quadrant of the interior.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 07 January 2013

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 208/1955).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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