Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glasnarget South, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glasnarget South
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.93494, -6.22088
- SMR number
- WI030-010----
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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 level to gently sloping S-facing ground in gently undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 43.5m) defined from SW to ENE by an earthen bank (Wth 4.7-6.6m; int. H 0.9-1.2m; ext. H 1.9-2.5m) with an external fosse best preserved at the NW (Wth 3.5m; D 0.6m); no trace of bank or fosse E-SW. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.