Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liscolman, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscolman
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.81642, -6.65971
- SMR number
- WI037-007----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · 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 in a gently sloped natural hollow on the N edge of a stream. Circular trivallate ringfort (dims. 26.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W; ext. diam. 74.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-7m; H 1.1-1.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 5.5-7m; D 0.6-0.9m). Immediately outside this is another bank (Wth 5.5-7m; H 1.2-1.8m), an outer fosse (Wth 5.5-8m) and finally a third bank (Wth 5.5-9m; H 0.8m) only at the S; elsewhere the outermost bank and fosse are indicated by differential growth. A funnel-shaped entrance at the W widens from the inner bank (Wth 1m) to the outer (Wth 2.4m) with a causeway across the inner fosse. A substantial field boundary cuts across the E portion of the site. No indication of 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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 141/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.