Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathmichael, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmichael
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22657, -6.15911
- SMR number
- DU026-046----
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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
The ringfort site is situated on the NE summit of Carrickgollogan Mountain which is the site of a golf course. The site was identified on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, AOW 77) taken in 1961 when the W and SW sections of the site were still upstanding. The E side of the same site is indicated by a curving field boundary on the 1937 OS 6-inch map. It was still visible on an aerial photograph taken in 1971 (F. S. I.3.740). An aerial photograph taken in 1992 (OS 10 4725) shows the site as a cropmark which comprises a roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a bank visible as a soilmark with an external fosse and an annexe at the NW.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.