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Rathgall

  • Also Known As: The Ring of the Rath
  • Address: L3253
  • Vicinity: Off L3253, 2 miles (1.6 km) N of R725, Rath townland
  • Type: Hillfort Earthworks
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

Located 6 km east of Tullow in County Wicklow, Rathgall is a Bronze Age hill fort and Irish National Monument in Rath, Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
-1000/00/00 The three large concentric stone ramparts are erected during the Atlantic Bronze age, 1200 - 900 BC.
-800/00/00 Weapons of bronze are cast at Rathgall.
0200/00/00 During the 2nd or 3rd century CE an iron-smelting industry develops at Rathgall.

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Particulars for Rathgall:
Material Bronze
Cultural Affiliation Bronze Age
Category for Historic Use Defense
Area of Significance Engineering
Historic Use Extractive facility
Processing Extractive metallurgy
Structure Type Fortification
Fortification Hillfort Earthworks
Material Iron
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Area of Significance Military
Bronze Age Settlement Ringfort
Sight Category Structure




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