Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballintombay Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintombay Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94276, -6.28356
- SMR number
- WI029-002----
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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 a gentle N/NE-facing slope overlooking marshy ground. Circular area (diam. 22.7m) defined at the W by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m), and elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.8m). There is a slight indication of an external fosse (Wth 2m) at the NW but this may be a drain to the stream which runs E-W 5m from the N edge of the site. No indication of an entrance 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
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- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.