Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garrettstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garrettstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.90680, -6.72696
- SMR number
- CW001-002----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
D-shaped area (diam. c. 23m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m), now very eroded. Entrance in straight side at NE. No visible surface traces of fosse shown on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map from S to W. Interior used as dump for granite boulders.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.