Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtown (talbotstown Lower By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (talbotstown Lower By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.09562, -6.62616
- SMR number
- WI009-011----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the top of a low rise in undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 23m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) and an external fosse indicated by a discontinuous hollow. The entrance consists of a gap (Wth 2m) at the SSW. There are no visible internal features.
Archaeological testing, carried out immediately to the N in 2004, in advance of construction of a dwelling (Excavation Licence 04E1514) did not reveal anything of archaeological significance (Byrne 2007, 488).
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 revision: 11 January 2013
Revised by: Claire Breen
References
Byrne, M. 2007a 'Newtown'. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 488 (No. 1878). Bray. Wordwell.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.