Moated site in Chapel

Situated at a break in a gentle N-facing slope. Rectangular enclosure (dims. 45m E-W; 40m N-S) defined at the N (Wth 8.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2m), E and W (Wth 3-4.5m; H 0.7-1.1m) by an earthen bank; no bank survives on the S side which is bordered by the field boundary. There is a church (WI036-017001-) at the centre of the interior. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure around the church and recorded as '(Site of) Chapel and Raheen'. No indication of a fosse or entrance. 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: 13 September 2013