Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Monastery, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monastery
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.19490, -6.16236
- SMR number
- WI007-023----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the E end of a flat-topped ridge and overlooking the steep-sided Cookstown River valley to the S. Oval mound (dims. 17.5m WNW-ESE; 12.5m NNE-SSW; max. H 5m) with a flat top (diam. 5m). The mound is surrounded by a berm (Wth 5m) except on the N side where the edge borders the side of a narrow valley.
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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.