Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Rathdown Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdown Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16092, -6.07847
- SMR number
- WI008-046----
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle E-facing slope, overlooking the Irish Sea. A large, roughly rectangular spread of small, heat-shattered stones (L 28m E-W; Wth 16m) was noted here in 2004. A discrete area of damp ground at W end may represent a spring.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 06 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.