Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ardoyne, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardoyne
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78365, -6.68508
- SMR number
- WI047-032----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a relatively flat location in a large tillage field (c. 90m OD) to the SE side of the centre of the modern field. Sited c. 512m S\SSE of an enclosure (WI042-001----), and c. 492m N\NNE of a ruinous church (WI042-003001-) and an associated graveyard (WI042-003002-), that are located within the same townland of Ardoyne close to the border with County Carlow. The ring-ditch, one of a number within the same large field including a larger and more clearly visible ring-ditch (WI047-029----) located c. 207m to the WNW, is faintly visible on Google Earth aerial photograph of the site (July 2021). It consists of a circular feature (ext. dims c. 7.8m E-W x c. 7.7m N-S) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth <1m) that can be generally traced along the entire circuit in the above aerial photograph. No evidence for an entrance gap. Site bisected to the N third by a later field boundary (evident on the Ordnance Survey third ed. six-inch map of c. 1910) that has been subsequently removed.
Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Uploaded on: 29/06/2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.