Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinacrow Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinacrow Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.97251, -6.67595
- SMR number
- WI021-053----
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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 immediately SW of a hill summit on a gentle S-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 34m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; H 0.3-0.9m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.15m). There is a berm between the bank and fosse NE-S-SW which widens to a maximum width of 4.7m at the E, opposite the entrance in the bank (Wth 2.5m). A causeway (Wth 3m) across the fosse at the NE leads onto the berm and may be an original feature. The interior has a fall of 2m from N to S and there are no other 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.