Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Ballyrichard, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrichard
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Oldtown Field
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83651, -6.12627
- SMR number
- WI041-003----
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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 a gentle SE-facing slope. Templerainy Church ruins (WI040-017001-) located 1.7km to SW and Kilpatrick Church (WI036-023----) located 2.5km to N. An area (dims. c. 350m NE-SW; 200m NW-SE) containing a large complex of low banks, trackways, some rectangular enclosures, house sites and areas of ridge and furrow cultivation. The field within which the complex occurs was annotated 'Oldtown Field' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map (Price 1967, 4720. The old Dublin to Wexford road ran on the SE side of the settlement and joined with other roads leading N. King James' Road (WI041-003002-) ran though the centre of the possible deserted medieval settlement connecting the medieval church of Templerainy (WI040-017001-) to Kilpatrick Church (WI036-023----). The well preserved earthworks are very clear on Google Earth orthoimages taken 20/01/2017.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
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.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 5 October 2020
References
Price, L. 1967 The place-names of Co. Wicklow. VII - The baronies of Newcastle and Arklow. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (382-532).
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.