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Ringfort - rath

Raheenteige, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Raheenteige, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Raheenteige
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.81640, -6.51609
SMR number
WI038-018----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 on level ground in gently undulating terrain. The remains of a circular ringfort (original dims. c. 45 NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) bisected by a NW-SE public road. The site is defined from N-NE by a slight step (H 0.5-0.6m) and from NE-SW by an earth and stone bank with near vertical drystone facing (Wth 2-2.4m; H 0.5-1.6m). At the SW a field boundary cuts across the bank joining the public road towards the centre of the site and to the west of this the site has been removed. No trace of a fosse, entrance feature 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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