Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Tonygarrow, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonygarrow
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18594, -6.26443
- SMR number
- WI007-002----
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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 gentle S/SE-facing slope. The original enclosure at this site appears to have been about 65m in diameter although the present remains are smaller (dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W). It is defined at the W by a curving earth and stone bank (Wth 1.6m; H 0.9m) with drystone facing and on the N side by a stream. It was known as Ros Lachan (Ducks’ Wood) and Ros an tSéipéil (Chapel Wood), but if it was ever used as a graveyard it had been abandoned by the early nineteenth century (O'Flanagan 1928, 3-4). A low mound (dims. 3.5m x 2.5m), known locally as the 'Bishop's Grave', lies in the W sector. A small rectangular field has been superimposed on the SE portion of the site. A bullaun stone with a single oval basin (dims. 0.4m x 0.36m; D 0.18m) lies in the SW corner of the enclosure and is still used to cure warts.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.