Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltimon, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltimon
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05117, -6.10013
- SMR number
- WI019-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at a break in a marked NE-facing slope in woodland with a stream immediately S of the site. Circular area (diam. 39m) defined by a substantially levelled bank (max. Wth 9m; H 1m) surviving from SW-NNE with an external fosse all around (Wth 4.5m; D 1.6-1.8m) merging with a berm from NNE-SE-SSW cut into the steep slope on this side. There is a slight outer bank (Wth 2m; H 1m) at the N and SW. Access is by a ramp (Wth 3m) at the SE along the steep scarped face of the site. No indication of internal features.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.