Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - tree-ring
Giltspur, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Giltspur
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.17984, -6.12670
- SMR number
- WI008-005----
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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 a gentle NW-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. 18m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 3m; H 0.8m). No trace of entrance, fosse or internal features. Possibly a tree-ring. Archaeological monitoring of top soil removal in 2004 (Excavation Licence 04E1201) carried out immediately to the E of this monument did not reveal anything of archaeological significance (Cryerhall 2007, 477-8).
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 revision: 11 January 2013
Revised by: Claire Breen
References
Cryerhall, A. 2007 'Giltspur, Bray'. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 477-8 (No. 1852). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
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- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.