Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cunniamstown Beg, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cunniamstown Beg
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.92930, -6.17720
- SMR number
- WI030-012----
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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/E-facing slope in gently undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 38m) defined by a bank (Wth 4-4.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2-2.2m) and a fosse (Wth 3-4m; H 2.2m below bank) from NE-W, with a counterscarp bank at the E (Wth 1.5m; H 1m). There is no trace of an entrance. The interior is raised slightly higher than the outer ground level.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.