What is recorded here
Situated on level ground overlooking the sea. A small circular area (max. diam. c. 12m) defined by a fosse visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 77); possibly a ploughed-out ring-barrow. Not visible at ground level. Part of a large complex of ring-ditches (WI031-012001- to WI031-012006- and WI031-046----). Enclosure (WI031-012----) lies c. 80m to the NW.
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
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