Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathbane, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbane
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.86221, -6.52134
- SMR number
- WI033-011----
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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 W-facing slope overlooking a stream valley. Oval site (dims. 22.5m NW-SE; 27.25m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 2m). There are no internal features, no traces of a fosse and no definite entrance. Shown as a circular area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as a small rectangular field on the 1907 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.