Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Timullin, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Timullin
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91544, -6.21103
- SMR number
- WI030-018----
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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 at the junction of three field boundaries on a gentle W-facing slope. Oval area (diam. 30m N-S, 24m E-W) defined along the W perimeter by a bank with external drystone facing (max. Wth 4m; H 1.4m at NW; 0.4m at SW) and by a shallow scarp (max. H 0.5m) from N-E-S. A fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.25m) survives from S-W. No evidence 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
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.