Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Blackrock (talbotstown Lower By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackrock (talbotstown Lower By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16224, -6.49476
- SMR number
- WI005-055----
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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 the NW-facing slope of Lugnagun. Circular area (diam. 20m) defined by an earth and stone bank (H c. 1m), with traces of low banks in the centre of the interior possibly defining a structure (dims. c. 7m x 6m). An arc of stones to the SW of this, visible when the site was visited in 1971, may have represented a souterrain. A house has been built within the enclosure and little remains of it other than a scarp at the rear of the house which may preserve part of the bank.
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
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cursusunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.