Gateway

The National Monuments Service's description

National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Remains of a formerly two-storied gatehouse situated at the NE angle of the modern enclosure. It consists of a square building (c. 4.9m x 5m internally) with round granite arches and antae in the north and south walls. Some of the paving of the causeway through the gatehouse is still intact and the ground slopes markedly upwards towards the interior of the enclosure. Each archway, however, is 3m in height from the ground to the soffit. A second floor is indicated by the presence of corbels in the interior. A possible section of the enclosure wall adjoins the NE corner. There is a slab of mica schist (dims. 2.3m x 1.5m) on the W wall with an incised Latin cross. (Leask 1950, 30-32; Barrow 1992, 28-30)

See attached screenshots of 3D model of gateway created by The Discovery Programme. 3D model can be accessed at the following website: https://skfb.ly/ALPu

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: 19 December 2012

See linked document with plan taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.

References

Leask, H.G. 1950 Glendalough, Co. Wicklow: national monuments vested in the Commissioners of Public Works. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Lennox Barrow, G. 1992 (Reprint of 1972 edition) Glendalough and St Kevin. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.