Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Danesfort Upper,fiddan, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danesfort Upper,fiddan
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.91853, -6.57725
- SMR number
- WI027-066----
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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 a gentle SW-facing slope. Trivallate ringfort (int. diam. 25m; max. diam. c. 70m), known as the Danesfort (Price 1949, 110) bisected by a NW-SE townland boundary. The portion in Danesfort townland (SW) has been levelled. In the Fiddan townland portion, the outer rampart (NE) has been used (in a grant-aided scheme) to fill in the outer fosse; the inner banks are relatively well preserved (max. H from base of fosse to top of central bank c. 3m).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.