Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Toor, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toor
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06921, -6.58110
- SMR number
- WI015-091----
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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
On a SW-facing valley slope, above a small stream which is a tributary of the Toor Brook. A D-shaped area (37m NE-SW; 39m SE-NW) enclosed by a large earth and stone bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) with traces of internal stone facing at N and external stone facing at W. The bank has been denuded along the N and S sides. A grove of conifers occupies the E quadrant of the interior with an L-shaped structure (4.7m NW-SE; 4.3m NE-SW) built up againt the inner face of the enclosing bank at SE.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 10 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.