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Ringfort - rath

Carragaun, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carragaun, 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
Carragaun
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.36951, -7.84160
SMR number
TS082-012----

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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

On a NW-facing slope, just off crest of hill in undulating terrain. Surrounded by meadow to NE and pasture to SE. Bivallate ringfort (diam. c. 42m N-S and E-W) within a small area of woodland. The interior is heavily overgrown with scrub in the E half and brambles in the W half. It is enclosed by a broad internal bank (Wth 2.6m crest, 6.6m base; int. H 0.64m; ext. H 2.75m), flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 2.57m) and external bank (Wth 1.6m crest, 3.8m base; ext. H 0.92m). There is a gap in the inner bank in the SE quadrant (Wth 1.4m) but no corresponding gap in the outer bank. Large mature beech trees growing around top of outer bank. Younger beech and conifers in interior. In the SW quadrant the outer face of the inner bank has been badly eroded.

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.

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