Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinaclogh, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinaclogh
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.96053, -6.09673
- SMR number
- WI031-043----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered during the course of road improvement works on the N11 in 2003 (Excavation Licence No. 03E1038). A portion of a steep-sided ditch (referred to as F9 in excavation reports) (L 14.6m; Wth 1.8-2.2m), interpreted as that of a ringfort, was excavated (Lynch 2005, 17). This contained burnt animal bone, charcoal, heat-shattered stones, a fragment of a quernstone and the possible base of a quernstone. A second ditch feature (L 6.65m, referred to as F4 in excavation reports)was excavated to the N and the excavator suggested that this may also be part of the ringfort ditch. (Lynch 2005, 12, 15-17)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 12 July 2013
References
Lynch, P. 2005 'Stratigraphic Report of an Archaeological Excavation at Site 29, Coolbeg Townland, Co. Wicklow', unpublished report submitted to National Monuments Service, Dept of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.