What is recorded here
Situated on the coast close to Mizen Head. An eroded moated site (dims. 35m x 35m) noted during fieldwalking in 1983. A hachured rectangular area is visible on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map. Worked flints (WI036-027----) were found in the thrown-up bank of the site. (Mitchell 1990, 47; Information Prof. P. Woodman)
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
Places near here
Mizen Head TowerRuins · 418 yd
Buckroney Sand DunesNature reserve · 1751 yd
IndicatedEnclosure · 1.6 mi
Brittas BayBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
Font (present location) in CranaghFont (present location) · 2.3 mi
Tree PlantationForest · 2.4 mi
Furzeditch BeachBeach / strand · 4.5 mi
Castle (in ruin)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 5.7 mi
Site of CastleCastle, unclassified · 6.6 mi