
What is recorded here
Situated at the junction of three field boundaries on a gentle W-facing slope. Oval area (diam. 30m N-S, 24m E-W) defined along the W perimeter by a bank with external drystone facing (max. Wth 4m; H 1.4m at NW; 0.4m at SW) and by a shallow scarp (max. H 0.5m) from N-E-S. A fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.25m) survives from S-W. No evidence 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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