Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moneyteige South, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneyteige South
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.81318, -6.31500
- SMR number
- WI039-027----
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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 marked NW-facing slope on the edge of a forestry plantation. Oval area (dims. 32.9m NW-SE; 35.8m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; max. H 0.8m) and slight traces of an external fosse (Wth 2m) at the S. No indication of an entrance 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.