Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycumber South, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycumber South
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.83003, -6.45988
- SMR number
- WI038-005001-
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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 on the N edge of steep-sided ravine. Circular area (diam. 25.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; H 1-1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.5-1.8m; D 0.4-0.6m). No indication of an entrance. Possible collapsed souterrain (WI038-005----) in the interior to NE of centre. A triangular annexe (max. dims. 10m x 10m) is attached to the fort at the S and is truncated at the W by a field boundary. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.4m).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.