Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynultagh (shillelagh By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynultagh (shillelagh By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.77500, -6.52763
- SMR number
- WI043-012001-
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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 E-facing slope at the E edge of a ridge, with steep downhill slopes immediately N of the site. A D-shaped annexe (dims. 35m N-S; 25m E-W; max. ext. dims. 84m E-W; 56m N-S) is attached to the W edge of a ringfort (WI043-012----), also defined by an earth and gravel bank (Wth 3m; H 0.9m) and an external fosse which is a continuation of that around the main enclosure. The outer bank of the ringfort at N also continues along the N side of the annexe. There is a modern gap (Wth 3.8m) in the bank of the annexe at the W.
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: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 October 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.