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Ringfort - rath

Oldgrange, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Oldgrange, 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
Oldgrange
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.32098, -7.82951
SMR number
TS082-075----

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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 gentle SE-facing slope off crest of hill, in undulating terrain. The NW portion, which has been levelled and is no longer visible above ground, is under tillage. The SE portion is in pasture. A ringfort (TS082-070----) is situated c. 250m to the NW. Just over half the monument survives above ground, it is heavily overgrown with nettles with dead wood beneath while the banks are virtually inaccessible due to scrub, brambles and nettles. It is depicted as being a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 36m; N-S; c. 38m E-W) on the 1904-05 ed. OS 6-inch map. The bank is largely reduced to scarp (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.26m; ext. H 1.07m) with a steep drop to exterior. There appear to be at least two breaks in bank in the SE quadrant. Field boundaries N and NW of the ringfort have been removed.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 12 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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