What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope overlooking a stream and a holy well (WI028-005----) 80m to the SW. Pear-shaped enclosure (dims. 70m NE-SW; 50m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-4.5m; H 0.45m). There is a subrectangular granite font with subrectangular basin and drain-hole within the enclosure.
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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