page_title: List of hillforts in Ireland
section_title: County Wicklow
hierarchical_section_title: List of hillforts in Ireland / County Wicklow
caption_attribution_description: English: Rathgall Hillfort near Shillelagh, County Wicklow Deutsch: Rathgall Hillfort bei Shillelagh, County Wicklow
context_page_description: The landscape of Ireland is dotted with many hillforts. These are classically defined as small hilltop settlements fortified with earthworks, but many are not located on hills, and probably did not function as forts. Their function is unclear; although conventionally interpreted as defensive fortifications and centres of economic political power, there is little evidence that they were ever attacked, and more recent scholarship has suggested that they may be better interpreted as monuments. Many of Ireland's hillforts are promontory forts on the coasts.
context_section_description: Brusselstown Ring (52.96296°N 6.61645°W), multiple enclosure hillfort
  Coolagad (53.14848°N 6.1012°W), contour fort
  Downshill (53.12718°N 6.12904°W), partial contour fort
  Kilcashel (52.8723°N 6.23189°W), hillslope fort
  Kilpoole Upper (52.94387°N 6.01753°W), promontory fort
  Kilranlagh (52.94291°N 6.62228°W), contour fort
  Knockeen (52.80669°N 6.66241°W), multiple enclosure hillfort
  Oldcourt (53.16975°N 6.47354°W), contour fort
  Rathcoran (52.94784°N 6.68437°W), multiple enclosure hillfort
  Rathgall Hillfort (52.80223419°N 6.66314331°W), multiple enclosure hillfort
  Rathmoon (52.93377°N 6.72502°W), multiple enclosure hillfort
  Rathnagree (52.95367°N 6.69031°W), multiple enclosure hillfort
  Spinans Hill 1 (52.96716°N 6.63107°W), contour fort
  Spinans Hill 2 (52.96656°N 6.62408°W), contour fort
  Sruhaun (52.94645°N 6.69349°W), contour fort
  Tinoran (52.9592°N 6.73239°W), multiple enclosure hillfort
caption: Rathgall hillfort
exif: {}