Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rosnastraw, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosnastraw
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.78383, -6.41014
- SMR number
- WI044-002----
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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 a gentle SE-facing slope. Bivallate circular ringfort (diam. c. 28m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; H 0.3m), an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; max. D 0.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.8m). No indication of an entrance or internal features; the site is very overgrown. The site is clipped at the NE by a lane flanked by earthen banks.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.