Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Castlequarter, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlequarter
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.96191, -6.61814
- SMR number
- WI027-019010-
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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 in a cluster on a steep S-facing slope below the stone rampart of the hillfort on Brusselstown Hill (WI027-018----), within the larger Spinans Hill hillfort complex (WI027-078001- / WI021-080001-). On a slight terrace on a steep SSW-facing slope. An oval hut site (int. diam. 7.5m NW-SE; 4.6m NE-SW) defined by moss and grass-covered boulders (Wth up to 1.6m) with a flat interior, sloping slightly to SW. Two field walls extend from the W quadrant, one towards NW and the other towards N. Some gorse is growing on the bank at NE. There is a possible entrance at SSW (Wth 1.6m). An adjacent hut site (WI027-019011-) lies 1m to the SSE. (Grogan No. 6, SMR file)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 November 2012
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.