Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killegar, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killegar
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21534, -6.19604
- SMR number
- WI003-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in pasture. Circular area (diam. 23m) truncated at the E by a laneway. Defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-4.5m; H 0.5-1.2m), with some internal and external revetting (small boulders) surviving at the N and E. Stones and earth from field clearance have been dumped along the S perimeter of the site and may mask the bank. No visible fosse and no definite original entrance. There are foundations of a modern structure (dims. 6m x 4m) in the NE quadrant.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.