
What is recorded here
Situated on level to gently sloping S-facing ground in gently undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 43.5m) defined from SW to ENE by an earthen bank (Wth 4.7-6.6m; int. H 0.9-1.2m; ext. H 1.9-2.5m) with an external fosse best preserved at the NW (Wth 3.5m; D 0.6m); no trace of bank or fosse E-SW. No indication of an entrance or internal features.
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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