Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killegar, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killegar
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.21508, -6.20084
- SMR number
- WI003-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope. Levelled circular enclosure (diam. 13m) consisting of a slight depression defined by possible traces of a low bank (H 0.4m) at NW. No trace of a fosse or entrance. Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 172-3).
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.