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
- 52.94268, -6.01785
- SMR number
- WI031-012007-
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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 level ground overlooking the sea. A small circular area (max. diam. c. 12m) defined by a fosse visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 77); possibly a ploughed-out ring-barrow. Not visible at ground level. Part of a large complex of ring-ditches (WI031-012001- to WI031-012006- and WI031-046----). Enclosure (WI031-012----) lies c. 80m to the NW.
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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 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.