Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Carnew, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnew
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70959, -6.49001
- SMR number
- WI047-023----
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 in field on E outskirts of Carnew Village and immediately W of Glendale housing estate. A small stream running E-W in field 50m to N is depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. Carnew Castle (WI047-009----) lies 650m to W. An L-shaped building and small square shaped field to S of building is depicted at the location of the cropmark on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Possible levelled ringfort consisting of a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 32m) defined by a broad well preserved cropmark with traces of an external enclosing element visible as a faint cropmark. Entrance gap clearly visible at SE. Outline of levelled monument visible on earlier OSI orthophotos.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien with details and photos kindly supplied by Dinny Kinsella and Barry Lacey
Date of upload: 23 August 2018
Nearby in the register
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.