Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tornant Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tornant Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.04296, -6.69541
- SMR number
- WI015-038----
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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
National Monument in state ownership No. 531. Set into a marked N/NE-facing slope at the E edge of a ridge. Circular site (diam. 15m) on an artificial platform (H 0.4-2m), defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m). A scatter of broken boulders at the NE may be part of a displaced revetment. No indication of an entrance or internal features. Another enclosure (WI015-083----) lies closeby to the E.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 150/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.