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Ringfort - rath

Kilcommon More (South), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilcommon More (South), 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
Kilcommon More (South)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.34582, -7.94210
SMR number
TS081-015----

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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 SE-facing slope of low ridge in gentle undulating pastureland. Possible enclosure (TS81-014----) visible c. 160m to the SW. Roughly circular area (diam. 37.5m NW-SE; other diams not possible due to clumps of brambles) enclosed by a bank (Wth 1.6m crest, 5.5m base; int. H 0.78m; ext. H 1m); fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 1.2m) and outer bank (Wth 0.8m crest, 2.6m base; ext. H 0.72m). Some large beech trees growing around the bank and at least one ash. Interior slopes to the SE. No grass cover in the interior which is used by cattle for shelter. Outer bank possibly incorporated in field boundary to NW. Gap in inner bank downslope in SE quadrant (Wth c. 2m), while there is a corresponding dip in height of the outer bank this seems to be the result of cattle erosion. On the 2nd (1906) ed. OS 6-inch map the outer bank is shown as a field boundary, however it keeps a constant concentricity with the inner bank and is also fairly denuded, implying contemporaneity. Both banks are more substantial upslope to the NW. Downslope the inner bank is largely reduced to scarp.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 07 January 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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