Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinabarny South, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinabarny South
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.90454, -6.17738
- SMR number
- WI035-010----
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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 E-facing slope but immediately above a sharp break in the slope. Circular area (diam. 21.1m; max. ext. diam. 33.5m) defined by a stony bank containing some earth (av. Wth 4m; H 0.65-1.1m; ext. H 0.65m). The structure of the bank shows as a domed pile of small stones. At the W and NE there are occasional blocks of stone set lengthwise along the lip of the bank. These may be the remnant of a faced wall set on the rubble bank. There is a sharp dip in the S sector of the interior. No indication of a fosse or entrance. Marked on the 1838 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.