
What is recorded here
Situated on a marked NE-facing slope between two stream gullies. A quadrangular enclosure (dims. 60m x 40m), shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, defined by low banks. A rectangular house platform (int. dims. 7m x 3m) occurs in the N corner with a possible second example immediately to the N. Possibly modern.
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 local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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