Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Curtlestown Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curtlestown Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18946, -6.22006
- SMR number
- WI007-008----
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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
Curving across a steep to very steep S-facing slope in rocky terrain. A substantial boundary forming a semicircle measuring 400m from E to W. The boundary consists of a low earth and stone bank (Wth 4.2m; H 0.3m). On the upslope (N) side of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 1m). The inner edge of the bank is surmounted along the central section by a substantial (and probably later) drystone wall (Wth 1.4m; H 1.7m) which partly overlies the inner edge of the fosse; along this portion the wall forms the townland boundary. (Westropp 1913, 185-6)
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.