Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Boystown Or Baltyboys Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boystown Or Baltyboys Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12911, -6.53994
- SMR number
- WI010-003001-
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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 SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 30m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.7-1.1m) with a discontinuous inner and outer revetment of low boulders. There are two gaps, one at the N (Wth 1.6m) and another at the SE (Wth 2.24m). No trace of an external 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.