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Ringfort - rath

Marlfield, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Marlfield, 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
Marlfield
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.34465, -7.77350
SMR number
TS082-053----

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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 woodland in Glenbawn which was extant on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map, and is designated 'Fox Covert' on the 1904-5 ed. (diam. c. 47m). It is located on ground which falls steeply to the S and SW. The ringfort is heavily overgrown, mostly with rhododendrons and young ash trees. The S edge is defined by scarp (H 1.25m) with possible traces of an earthen and stone bank. In the S quadrant there is a external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.7-0.8m) but this may be the result of more recent ground disturbance as there are dumps of earth within the fosse. In the W quadrant the scarp survives (H 1.7m) but there is no evidence of an external fosse. In the N quadrant the edge of the ringfort becomes undiscernible, it is possibly levelled, though it is obscured by vegetation. Several active bee-hives have been placed in the N quadrant making close examination of this area impossible.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 04 February 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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