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Ballyremon Commons, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyremon Commons
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14888, -6.17802
- SMR number
- WI007-043----
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Shown on 4 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 a gentle E-facing slope. Subcircular mound (dims. 12.5m N-S; 11m E-W; H 1.5m) with a fosse (Wth 5m at W - 2.5m at E; D 1m) and an external bank (Wth 2.5m but up to 4m at E; H. 0.2-0.95m) (max. dims. 24m N-S; 25.5m E-W). The site has been truncated by a laneway and by a field boundary on NNE side. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small enclosure.
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: 2 October 2012
Revised by: Claire Breen
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.