Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Ballysmuttan Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysmuttan Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18310, -6.43330
- SMR number
- WI005-112----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a large area of flat land above a steep slope down to the River Liffey. A rectangular structure (ext. dims. 12.8m E-W; 6.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (max. H 0.6m). There is a shallow fosse (D 0.3m) at the western end. Entrances face each other at N and S. (Sullivan 1994)
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.