Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cloghleagh, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghleagh
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.19023, -6.41071
- SMR number
- WI006-001004-
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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 marked S/SW-facing slope and partly covered by peat. Oval enclosure (dims. c. 80m N-S x 60m E-W) defined by a discontinuous line of boulders, occasionally doubled. In the interior towards the N end are two small cairns (H 1m), one circular (diam. 5.2m) with an outer irregular circle of boulders (diam., 16m); the other oval (dims. 12m x 9m). Cairns (WI006-001001-, WI006-001002-, WI006-001003-) c. 150m to the S. (Information R. Dowling)
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.