Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinacor West, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinacor West
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91314, -6.11462
- SMR number
- WI031-022----
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 gentle SE-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) cut by a laneway shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and referred to in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 127). Not visible at ground level.
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
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.