Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rath East, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath East
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80569, -6.66919
- SMR number
- WI037-014----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a small natural platform on the summit of a low hill. Circular area (diam. 25m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8-2.2m; H 0.7-0.9m) with a boulder revetment surviving in places to two courses. There is a slab-lined entrance (Wth 2.4m) at the NE. No indication of a fosse 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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.