Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Aurora, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aurora
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.19331, -6.28745
- SMR number
- WI006-034001-
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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 in upland area overlooking Glencree River 40m to E. Roughly D-shaped enclosure (WI006-034----) defined by a low grass-covered earth and stone bank with two circular-shaped hut sites (WI006-034001-/002-) in SW quadrant which are clearly visible on Google earth aerial imagery taken 31/05/2009. Enclosure depicted as an irregular-shaped field on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Drystone field walls radiate out from SSW and S.
See attached Google Earth image taken 31/05/2009
Compiled by:Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.