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Ringfort - rath

Knocknagilky Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knocknagilky 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
Knocknagilky Upper
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.88941, -6.48652
SMR number
WI033-005----

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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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 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

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

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