Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathnabo, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnabo
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15725, -6.50045
- SMR number
- WI005-054----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a NW-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 28m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7m at the E and 2.5-3m elsewhere) with an external fosse (Wth 2.5-3m at the SE and 1.40m at the SW). The interior is slightly terraced and falls sharply from SE to NW where the site is defined by a sharp, partly artificial drop and the fosse. Access is via a ramp and a gap (Wth 1.2m) in the bank at the NW. An apparently contemporary subrectangular area (dims. 34m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) is attached at the NE. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H 0.6-1.2m) with a sharp, partly artificial drop at the NW and NE. Access to the main enclosure is through a gap (Wth 0.75m) in the dividing bank; narrow gaps in the bank at the NE and S may also be original 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
- Cursusunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.