Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Sevenchurches Or Camaderry, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sevenchurches Or Camaderry
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00636, -6.37280
- SMR number
- WI023-018----
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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 on steep slopes scattered at irregular intervals on the N and S sides of the Upper Lake at Glendalough. Seventy-five oval-shaped platforms (dims. c. 9m x 6m); each platform is covered by a deep layer of charcoal. (Healy 1972, 138-46; Price 1940, 264-5)
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
References
Healy, P. 1972 Supplementary survey of ancient monuments at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished OPW report.
Nearby in the register
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.