placenamesRathbran
Ráth Brain
Excavations before a proposed extension found a field boundary whose date remained uncertain.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Brain · Irish · main form
- Rathbran · English · main form
Place & story
A boundary at Goldenfort
Rathbran cemetery lies at Goldenfort, a townland within Rathbran parish. Edmond O’Donovan reported archaeological testing there in 2011 before a proposed cemetery extension for Wicklow County Council. A geophysical survey preceded the test excavation. The work identified a linear field-boundary ditch, but its date was uncertain. No early historic burials or human remains were found in the testing. This result concerns the investigated extension area and does not date the cemetery’s foundation. [2] [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Talbotstown Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.97885, -6.68642
- Mapped area
- 23.49 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2715 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathbran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2011:643 Manor Kilbride and Rathbran, C498/E4372 Rathbran component · Edmond O’Donovan, Edmond O’Donovan & Associates
- Goldenfort, townland 55017: Rathbran parish parent · Placenames Branch and Fiontar/DCU
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.