Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Castlequarter, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlequarter
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96106, -6.61459
- SMR number
- WI027-019----
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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
One of a number of hut sites situated on a marked S-facing slope below the stone rampart of the hillfort (WI027-018----) on Brusselstown Hill, within the larger Spinans Hill hillfort complex (WI027-078001- / WI021-080001-). A circular platform (diam. 9.9m x 10.9m), level in the interior, defined at NE by a rough wall of boulders (H 0.9m) and at SW (downslope) by an inner and outer ring of boulders. The platform on the downslope side is 1.1m above ground level. (Grogan No. 1, SMR file)
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.
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 23 November 2012
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.