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Ring-ditch

Kilpoole Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Kilpoole Upper, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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