Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hillfort
Rathmichael, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmichael
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.22874, -6.15231
- SMR number
- DU026-048001-
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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
A large broad, oval area (dims. 140m N-S; 120m E-W) around the top of the hill at Rathmichael is enclosed by a low, wide earth and stone bank with a narrow V-shaped fosse (Wth 1.6m; D 0.4m). The bank is defaced W-N-E being best preserved in the SW and S (Wth 3.3m; H 0.6m) where it joins a modern field boundary. It has an external stone facing made up of shattered stone fragments, which are strewn over the hilltop. A univallate ringfort (DU026-048002-) lies within the interior. (Anon 1900, 187; Healy 1975, 1-19; Turner 1983, 95)
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.
References
Anon. 1900 Excursion to Tully, Rathmichael, Kiltiernan and other places in south County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 30, 180-92.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.
Anon. 1900 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 10, no. 4, 388-450.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.