Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Butterhill, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Butterhill
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16624, -6.50439
- SMR number
- WI005-052----
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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 the summit of a low hill with extensive views to W, N and E and towards Lugnagun mountain to the SSE. Oval mound (dims. 44m E-W; 39m N-S; H c. 4m) surrounded by a wide berm (Wth 10-12m) which appears to have been created when the material for the mound was scarped from its immediate environs. The summit (diam. 15m) is surrounded by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.5-0.8m) which may not be an original feature. Part of the site on the NE side has been quarried away. (Price and Walshe 1933, 48)
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 108/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.