Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilbaylet Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbaylet Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.03741, -6.62312
- SMR number
- WI015-059----
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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
Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope. An oval, partly artificial platform (dims. 27m NNW-SSE; 19.50m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.3m; H 0.8m) along the perimeter from SW-NE and at the SE, a steep scarp (H 2m) marking the bank of a stream at the S, and a similar scarp dropping to marshy ground at the E. There is an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.7m; D 2m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.9m; H 1m) from SW-NE. No indication of an entrance or internal features. Another ringfort (WI015-060----) lies 10m to the 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.