Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyremon Commons, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyremon Commons
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13447, -6.18357
- SMR number
- WI012-007001-
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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 level ground with gentle S-facing slopes above and below the site. Circular area (diam. 34m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.8m) and an external fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.4m). The entrance consists of a gap (Wth 2m) in the bank at the SW with a corresponding causeway (Wth 2m) across the fosse. Within the site there are the foundations of two structures. The first is in the NE quadrant (12m NW-SE x 6m NE-SW) and is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.6m; H 0.3m). The second is attached to the inner side of the bank at the W (dims. 8m N-S x 5m E-W) and is defined by a grass-grown bank (H 0.3m). The enclosure occurs within a field system attached to the site at the SW and SE.
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.