Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullylusk, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullylusk
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.92561, -6.17750
- SMR number
- WI030-013----
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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 S/SE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 32.7m) defined by an earth and shale bank (Wth 7m; int. H 0.8m (NE) - 1.5m (SW); ext. H 1.8-1.9m) with near vertical drystone external facing (probably not original) at the NW, and slight traces of a fosse (Wth 1.4m), also at the NW. There is an entrance gap (Wth 4.2m) at the SE. No indication of 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.