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
- 53.03733, -6.62255
- SMR number
- WI015-060----
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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 in marshy ground on the N edge of a stream. Steep-sided circular platform (diam. 25m; H 0.9m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.35-0.65m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) along the perimeter. The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at the SW beside a stream with a bank projecting to the W to flank the entrance. No indication of an external fosse or internal features. Another ringfort (WI015-059----) occurs 10m to the NW.
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.