Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clogh Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clogh Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.92394, -6.69946
- SMR number
- WI027-075----
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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 NE-facing slope. Approximately circular raised area (dims. 35m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE; H of interior over ground level c. 0.6m) defined by a bank at the W and N (Wth 4m; H 1.8-2.3m), a wide external fosse (min. Wth 2m) at the W and E, and an outer bank (H 2.2m) from E-SE. At the S the perimeter is defined by a field boundary. There is a ramp (Wth 6m) through the fosse at the E, possibly the original entrance. Possibly identifiable with the enclosure (WI027-060----) mentioned by Price (1949, 131).
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.