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Ringfort - rath

Ballyremon Commons, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyremon Commons, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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