Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Scalp, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scalp
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.08123, -6.60070
- SMR number
- WI015-012001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.