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Ringfort - rath

Moneyteige South, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Moneyteige South, 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
Moneyteige South
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.80909, -6.31541
SMR number
WI039-048----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (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 an elevated position on the foothills of Croghan Kinsella, on a W facing slope of un-reclaimed, rough grazing land. A U-shaped enclosure (int. diam. 29.5m E-W; 20m N-S) which appears to have been cut by a deep gully/stream on the N side. The enclosure if defined by a bank (Wth at E 4.5m; int. H at E 1m, ext. H at E 1.8m; Wth at S 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m; Wth at W 4m; int. H at W 0.7m; ext. H at W 2m) and external narrow, steep-sided fosse at E (Wth at top 1.8m; Wth at base 0.6m; D 1.2m).
Some 1.5m outside the bank on the S is an arcing bank (Wth 1.8m, int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) which is flanked externally by a modern-looking drain (Wth 1m; D 0.6m) which is a continuation of the fosse at the east. There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.5m) at the NW, which may be original. Internally there are a series of lazy beds running E-W.
East of centre is a terrace cut into the slope and features the remains of a house (L 7.5m; Wth 3m). This is defined by a low earth bank (Wth 1m; H 0.2m) oriented WNW-ESE with a possible entrance (Wth 1m) on the north long wall.
Reported to NMS by Ivor Kenny in 2013.

Compiled by: Chris Corlett and Claire Breen

Date of upload: 21 May 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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