Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinglen, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinglen
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.84415, -6.41201
- SMR number
- WI039-001----
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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 gentle SE-facing slope in forestry. Bivallate circular ringfort (diam. 36.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.35m; max. H 1.5m), an external fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.3m; H 0.2m) partly removed during planting. There is an entrance through both banks at SE (Wth 1.7m (inner bank); Wth 3.2m (outer bank)) with a corresponding causeway over the fosse. The terminals of the outer bank turn inwards at this entrance. No indication of internal feature.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.