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Ringfort - rath

Ballymacadam East,Ballymacadam West, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballymacadam East, 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 East,Ballymacadam West
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.36407, -7.88857
SMR number
TS082-007001-

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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 summit of a hill, in pasture. Church (TS082-008----) at foot of hill c. 260m to the SW and an enclosure (TS082-007002-) is located c. 20m to the SE. Circular area (57.8m N-S; 56m E-W) enclosed by quite a high, well-defined earthen and stone bank (Wth 1.4m crest - 9m base; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.45m) and U-shaped outer fosse (Wth 1.7m; D 0.53m). There is a lot of stone protruding through the grass-covered bank which has a steep external and internal profile. There is a narrow gap in the bank in the NW quadrant which appears to be caused by cattle. There is a gap in the SE quadrant (Wth c. 0.6m) which is quite narrow, though this could be the result of bank material narrowing the gap. There appears to be a causeway (Wth 6.8m) or a build up of material over the fosse at this point. A stone wall runs N-S 7m E of the ringfort.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 20 January 2014

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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