What is recorded here
Situated on level ground at a break in a gentle W-facing slope. Circular cairn (diam. 10m; H 1m) with an outer, apparently free-standing stone circle at the S and E (diam. 16m). (Price and Walshe 1933, 47-8)
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
A ring-cairn, likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its combination of a central cairn and surrounding stone circle suggests ritual or funerary significance, common in early ceremonial landscapes of Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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