Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Williamstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Williamstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.85762, -6.64906
- SMR number
- CW004-033----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 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
Circular area (diam. c. 30m) surrounded by large earthen bank and deep fosse. Entrance possibly at W where fosse is shallow. Traces of foundation of hut adjacent to bank at NW.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.