What is recorded here
One of a number of hut sites situated on a marked S-facing slope below the stone rampart of the hillfort (WI027-018----) on Brusselstown Hill, within the larger Spinans Hill hillfort complex (WI027-078001- / WI021-080001-). A circular platform (diam. 9.9m x 10.9m), level in the interior, defined at NE by a rough wall of boulders (H 0.9m) and at SW (downslope) by an inner and outer ring of boulders. The platform on the downslope side is 1.1m above ground level. (Grogan No. 1, SMR file)
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.
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 23 November 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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