Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lobawn, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lobawn
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cavanaghs Camp (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.01216, -6.53133
- SMR number
- WI022-002----
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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 SE-facing slope on the NE edge of a deep gully (Lobawn Brook) in forestry. Oval enclosure (dims. 170m NW-SE; 150m NE-SW) defined at the NW and NE by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-2.4m; H 0.5m) and at the S by a steep scarp (H 1m).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ogham stone1 mi
- Bullaun stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.