Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cross, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cross
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.81954, -6.50863
- SMR number
- WI038-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 low hillock in undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.8m). The site is encompassed by the public road at the NE and by farm access roads E-SW-NW. At the SW there is an external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 1m); this may have been a continuous feature now cut through by the adjacent roads. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at the N, and there is a modern gap (Wth 4m) at the NW. 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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.