Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynastockan, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynastockan
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.11312, -6.48660
- SMR number
- WI010-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 NW-facing slope. D-shaped area (dims. 25.5m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.9-2.5m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1-1.4m) with a discontinuous revetment of boulders. There are two gaps in the bank; that at the NNE (Wth 1.5m) may be the entrance while the other, at the SW, is probably a modern feature. No visible indication of a fosse or internal features other than some large earthfast boulders.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.