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Ringfort - rath

Boolahallagh,Clashganny West, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Boolahallagh, Clashganny 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
Boolahallagh,Clashganny West
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.26368, -7.79546
SMR number
TS088-036001-

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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 very gentle N-facing slope in upland pasture, 4m ESE of a ringfort (TS088-036002-) and 2m SE of an enclosure (TS088-036004-). The monument is bisected by a townland boundary which consists of a wide stone wall (Wth 1m). The W half of the ringfort is well-preserved but the E half has been levelled and the outline survives as scarp (H 0.22m). An irregularly-shaped ringfort (diam. 29.3m N-S; c. 32m E-W), the bank in the SW sector is straight-sided. The W half is enclosed by a gravelly clay bank (Wth 1.5m crest, 6m base; int. H 1.16m; ext. H 1.9m). A gap in the bank in the N and S quadrants adjacent to the townland boundary appear to be later, providing access to the fields beyond. At the external base of the bank in the W quadrant there is a wide ditch dividing this monument and the adjacent ringfort (TS088-036002-), however, this appears to be the result of small scale quarrying.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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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