Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Kilpoole Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpoole Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94113, -6.02207
- SMR number
- WI031-012001-
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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 in a area of flat ground c. 400m from the coast. A cluster of eight ring-ditches, possibly representing ploughed-out barrows, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (CUCAP, BDJ 77, 80). One is bivallate (int. diam. c. 15m; ext. diam. c. 30m) and is cut through by a road. The other seven (diams. c. 5-15m) are adjacent to the SW and NW. Three of these adjoin the outer enclosing element of the bivallate site while the others are within a distance of 30m. This cluster forms part of an extensive complex of ring-ditches (WI031-012001- to WI031-012007- and WI031-046----) extending eastwards to the coast.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.