Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathmichael, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmichael
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.22873, -6.15229
- SMR number
- DU026-048002-
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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 is located on the summit of Rathmichael Hill in the centre of a hillfort (DO026-048001-). The site comprises a circular, flat area (ext. diam. 34m) defined by a low wide earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 0.8m) faced with large boulders. The interior slopes from W to E with mature pine trees growing within it. An entrance (Wth 4m) in the ESE has a double-banked trackway leading from it to the lower bank of the hillfort (Healy 1975, 1-19; Turner 1983, 95).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.
References
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
- Hillfortunder 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.