Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Raheenteige, County Wicklow, Ireland
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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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 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
- 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.