Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyvoghan, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvoghan
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99249, -6.52942
- SMR number
- WI022-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gentle to marked SW-facing slope. Circular platform (diam. 43m; H 1m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.40m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.3m) visible at the W. No indication of an entrance or internal features. The adjacent farmyard has cut into the N portion. Shown as a much larger oval enclosure (max. diam. c. 90m NW-SE) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.