Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcavan Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcavan Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.73576, -6.46402
- SMR number
- WI047-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 W-facing slope. Oval area (max. ext. dims. 62m N-S; 56m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m) and an external fosse (Wth l-2m). Within the ringfort is a subrectangular enclosure (dims. 32m x 25m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; H 0.5m) with a slight fosse along the S and W sides. No indication of an entrance to either feature.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.