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Ringfort - rath

Scalp, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Scalp, 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
Scalp
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.08123, -6.60070
SMR number
WI015-012001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · 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

On a gentle W-facing slope with extensive views to the W and S. Oval area (max. ext. dims. c. 45m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by a substantial flat-bottomed external ditch (Wth 5m; D. 2m) with traces of an earthen bank. The enclosure is heavily masked by vegetation cover with no visible indication of an entrance or internal features.

Compiled by: Matt Kelleher

Date of upload: 20 December 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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