Ringfort - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle N-facing slope immediately S of a church (WI040-011002-) and graveyard (WI040-011003-). Circular enclosure (diam. 38m) defined by a degraded earthen bank (Wth 11m; H 0.5-1.4m). No indication of an external fosse, entrance or internal features.
The Ordnance Survey Letters of 1839 described the following; ‘It appears from some vestiges on the ground that there was a fort to the S. West of the old church, and an old hut a short distance from it’ (O'Flanagan 1928, 128-9). Outline of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Levelled enclosure possibly a ringfort visible as a low rise of ground in field to S of church and graveyard. No other features visible.

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.

Compiled by: Eoin Grogan & Annaba Kilfeather

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 30 May 2017

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1928 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Wicklow collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.