What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope 50m E of the top of a ridge with good views over the Kings River valley. A circular flat-topped central mound (5m E-W; 6m N-S) with a broad fosse (Wth 4m; D 1m) and a slight external bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.3m) (max. ext. dims. 18m E-W; 17m N-S). (Information A. O'Sullivan)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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