Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Ballinagee (talbotstown Lower By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinagee (talbotstown Lower By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05910, -6.44059
- SMR number
- WI016-009002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on a gentle to marked S-facing mountain slope in forestry. A quadrangular area (dims. 40m x 30m) enclosed by a low but substantial stone wall (H 1m; Wth 1.6m). There is an internal ditch on the S side and an external ditch (Wth 1m; D 0.5m) on the NE side. There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1m) at E. (O'Sullivan and Warren 2005, 4; O'Sullivan and Warren 2007, 474-5)
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 11 January 2013
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Warren, G. 2005 Archaeological Excavations of a Medieval Pilgrims' Church at Templeteenaun, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished Interim Stratigraphical Report.
O'Sullivan, A. and Warren, G. 2007 'Templeteenaun, Ballinagee. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 474-5 (No. 1844). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.