Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drim, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drim
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.92147, -6.51574
- SMR number
- WI028-017----
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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 on the summit of a slight knoll with marked slopes to the S. Oval area (dims. 36.2m E-W; 33.5m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; H 1.25m) faced inside and out with drystone walling. There are gaps at the SE (Wth 2m), E (Wth 1.9m) and NW (Wth 2m). There is drystone walling of identical character on the attached field boundaries at the N, E, SE and W. No trace of a fosse or 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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.