Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ringwood, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ringwood
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.31725, -6.52335
- SMR number
- DU020-001----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on level ground under tillage. The site comprises a circular, slightly raised area (diam. 35m) enclosed by a steep-sided fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.8-3m). There is a causeway in the S. The interior is overgrown (Healy 1974, 23).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Uploaded on: 23 November 2011
References
Healy, W. 1874-9 Notices of ecclesiastical ruins. Ossary Archaeological Transactions 1, 41-56.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.