Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killegar, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killegar
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21427, -6.18273
- SMR number
- WI003-008----
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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 S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 25m) defined from NE-S-NW by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 0.4m), and by a steep scarp (H 0.7m) with a low stone revetment at the N (upslope). There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.6m) at the NE, but no trace of a fosse or internal features.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.