
What is recorded here
Situated on the summit of a ridge. Oval enclosure (dims. 33.6m N-S; 21m E-W), with a domed interior, defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 2m) (faced on both sides with a dry stone wall), a fosse (Wth 2m), and an outer bank (Wth 0.9-1.3m; H 0.8-1.6m) (max. dims. 48m N-S; 34m E-W). There is a hut site (diam. 6-7m) in the SE quadrant. The outer ground level drops sharply in all directions.
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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