Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknagilky Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknagilky Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.88941, -6.48652
- SMR number
- WI033-005----
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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 N-facing slope just below the summit of the hill. Circular area (diam. 26.5m) defined from NW-E by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.6m), visible elsewhere as a cropmark. An external fosse (Wth c. 3.5m; D 0.6m), once used as a farm trackway, also runs NW-E with an outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.7m) - possibly the result of widening the track at some stage. No indication of an entrance or internal features.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)1 mi
- Booley hut1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.