Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Balleese Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balleese Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.92759, -6.21267
- SMR number
- WI030-011----
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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 slight eminence formed by a rock outcrop in gently undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 28m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.1-1.5m; ext. H 1.5-2m), with drystone facing on either side, apparently tidied up relatively recently. The interior is studded with outcrop and hollows. No trace of an entrance.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.