Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilbaylet Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbaylet Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.04105, -6.60014
- SMR number
- WI015-055----
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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 the summit of a natural platform (H 2.3m) with a steep drop to the S and W. Roughly oval enclosure (dims. 37m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a slight bank (Wth 2m; H 0.8-1m) and by a slight fosse at the N and E. No indication of an entrance or internal features.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.