Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - ring-cairn
Oldcourt (talbotstown Lower By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcourt (talbotstown Lower By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16632, -6.47833
- SMR number
- WI005-059----
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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 break in a W-facing slope overlooking a steep-sided valley to the W. Circular site (diam. 15.5m) defined by a bank of small stones (Wth 4-4.5m; H 0.45-0.6m) with an entrance gap (Wth 2m) at the E. There are slight traces of an external fosse at the S.
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
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.