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
- 52.78084, -6.70639
- SMR number
- WI047-034----
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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
Faintly visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (14-7-2018) in level pasture c. 130m ESE of the meandering, SW-flowing Derreen River: a small circular area (diam. c. 6m) defined by the cropmark of a fosse. This is the northernmost of three, closely associated ring-ditches, orientated on a N-S line; a second (WI047-035----) lies c. 6m to the S and a third (WI-47-036----) lies c. 50m to the S.
See attached image: WI047-034----_01 Snip of Google Earth aerial imagery (14-7-2018).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère.
Date of upload: 2 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.