Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Castlequarter, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlequarter
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.96203, -6.61757
- SMR number
- WI027-019016-
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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 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-). A circular hut site (diam. 6.2m N-S; 5m E-W) on a fairly level terrace, well defined by a bank (Wth 1m) at N, by boulders at S and by low, grass-covered stones at E and W.
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.