Settlement deserted

The site of the medieval borough of Kilmacberne (Price 1967, 388-9) which formed part of the episcopal lands of the diocese of Glendalough and was probably developed as an ecclesiastical manor. Eighteen burgages are mentioned in an Inquisition of 1326 (MacNeill 1950, 195) but the borough was apparently abandoned in the mid-fourteenth century. Holywell House (derelict structure) has been suggested as the possible location for this settlement (Bradley and King 1989, 53-6). See attached image showing archaeological zone of potential identified in the Urban Survey of Co. Wicklow. 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: 28 November 2012