Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Rath Great, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath Great
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57116, -6.26707
- SMR number
- DU004-078----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the NW corner of a large arable field on the SW slopes of Knockbrack Hill, this ring-ditch is part of a palimpsest of field systems and enclosures. The ring-ditch is located c. 40m WNW of enclosure DU004-064----, and c. 625m WSW of the centre of the Knockbrack ceremonial enclosure (DU004-012006-). The ring-ditch is clearly visible on Apple Maps (June 2018). It comprises a circular feature (ext. diam. c. 12m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 12m). There is no evidence of an entrance gap through the ditch.
Compiled by: Tom Condit
Uploaded on: 26 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.