What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle SSE-facing slope. A square enclosure (dims. 50.96m x 50.96m) described in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 121-2) as being surrounded by a deep wide fosse and mound at S, W and N. A tower house (WI030-005----) stood at the SE angle. (Information D. Newman-Johnson)
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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