Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Kilbaylet Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbaylet Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.03272, -6.60733
- SMR number
- WI015-066----
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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 the level top of a slight ridge (NE-SW) with gentle slopes to the W and a marked drop to the marshy floor of Dolls Brook to the E. Circular steep-sided platform (diam. 21m; max. H 2.2m) with a slight perimeter bank (Wth 1.5m; max. H 1m). An access ramp at the NE may indicate the entrance. No indication of internal features or an external fosse. Another ringfort (WI015-065----) lies 30m to the SW.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 126/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.