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Ringfort - rath

Garrandillon, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Garrandillon, 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
Garrandillon
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.29475, -8.04764
SMR number
TS086-046----

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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 top of a flat E-W ridge in undulating pasture. There are very good views in all directions. A roughly circular area (dims. 28m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank with quite a lot of stones visible (int. H 0.2-0.33m; ext. H 0.5-0.78m; Wth at top 0.7-0.8m; overall Wth 2.75-2.9m) and slight outer fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.12m) visible from S-NW and emphasised by lush grass growth. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) in the ENE. The monument has been badly poached by cattle. The bank and most of the interior is denuded of grass. The cattle have also caused some erosion of the bank, particularly in the E quadrant but also in the NW-N quadrant. A post and wire fence runs N-S through the E quadrant and a farm roadway runs E-W 6.5m N of the external base of the N bank.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 1 July 2015

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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