Rathgall Hillfort
Rathgall, or the Ring of the Rath, is a large multivallate hill fort in County Wicklow, Ireland. Dating from the Bronze Age, it consists of three roughly concentric stone ramparts with a fourth masonry wall dating from the Medieval period at its centre.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: large multivallate hill fort near the town of Shillelagh
- Also known as: “Rath East”, “Rath Geal”, “Rathgall”, “Rathgall Hill fort”, “Rathgall Hill Fort”, and “Ring of the Rath”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Holy Trinity.
Church of the Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 4 km southwest of Rathgall Hillfort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tullow and Ardattin.
Tullow
Photo: Allgau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tullow is a small market town in County Carlow where N81 crosses the River Slaney. This was the main road between Dublin and Wexford until M11 was built along the coast.
Ardattin
Village
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardattin is a village and townland in County Carlow, Ireland, 6 km south of Tullow. It lies in the civil parish of Ardoyne in the historical barony of Forth. Ardattin is situated 6 km southwest of Rathgall Hillfort.
Clonmore
Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clonmore is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located 3½ miles south of Hacketstown and 9 miles east of Tullow in the north-east corner of County Carlow. Clonmore is situated 7 km northeast of Rathgall Hillfort.
Rathgall Hillfort
- Categories: multiple enclosure hillfort, rock, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.80223° or 52° 48′ 8″ northLongitude
-6.66295° or 6° 39′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C4MR82P+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 313734150OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q2132711
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Irish—“Rathgall Hillfort” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ратхгал”
- Cebuano: “Rathgall”
- Dutch: “Rathgall”
- German: “Hillfort Rathgall”
- German: “Rathgall Hillfort”
- German: “Rathgall”
- Irish: “An Ráth Gheal”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rath Wood and Raheen.
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