Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Westaston Demesne, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westaston Demesne
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.92521, -6.14783
- SMR number
- WI030-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 marked N-facing slope in parkland. Circular enclosure (diam. 51m) defined at the N by a bank (Wth 5.5m; H 0.2m), at the E by a scarp (H 0.8m) and at the S by a collapsed bank (Wth 10m) and fosse (Wth 4.6m; D 0.3-0.4m). There is a possible entrance at the S (Wth c. 5m), but no visible internal features. A step at the N (downslope) fans outwards and could represent a ramp leading into the interior. A line of large trees was planted through the centre of the site (extending N-S).
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
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.