Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackan, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackan
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.12644, -6.50230
- SMR number
- WI010-009----
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4 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Oval enclosure (37.80m NW-SE) on a low natural rise in a marshy area. It was excavated in 1939 prior to the construction of the Blessington Reservoir under which it now stands. The site was defined by an earthen bank (average W. 6m, H. 0.60-0.75m) without evidence for an entrance or an external ditch. Evidence for a circular house/hut with wattle walls came from the centre of the site and the finds suggest an early medieval date. (O'Connor 1944, 53-56)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 14 December 2012
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.