What is recorded here
Situated on an E-facing slope beside the Glencree River. A system of small fields and enclosures covering an area of c. 150m x 150m, visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP 1973, O 170-71 O 94/95). There are three oval or subrectangular enclosures (dims. c. 20m x 15m; 30m x 25m; 55m x 30m), and these are linked by faint traces of field boundaries.
See attached Google Earth aerial image taken 30/05/2009 showing extent of field system and enclosures
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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