Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rampere, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rampere
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.96703, -6.70987
- SMR number
- WI021-046----
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Shown on 5 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 N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) marked on both the 1838 and 1907 OS 6-inch maps, but since then completely levelled. Not visible at ground level, but visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDR 43).
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.