Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Hollywood Demesne, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hollywood Demesne
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.10154, -6.58962
- SMR number
- WI009-006----
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Shown on 4 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 at the N edge of a narrow steep-sided NE-SW ridge. Oval site (dims. 26.5m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-5.5m; int. H 0.8-2m, ext. H 0.4-0.8m). At the S there is an external fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 1.9m). There are no internal features and no indication of an entrance.
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
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.