Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Talbotstown Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Talbotstown Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Talbotstown Fort
- Coordinates
- 52.93063, -6.63231
- SMR number
- WI027-051----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on level ground in gently undulating terrain. A well-preserved moated site consisting of a large trapezoidal enclosure (int. dims. 50m E-W; 46m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8-2.2m; max. int. H 1m) with an internal wall-facing (H 0.8m) and an external stone facing in a slight batter to the base of the fosse. The fosse (Wth c. 8m; D 2-2.5m) is steep-sided and flat-bottomed. There is an entrance in the E side (Wth 6m) with a causeway (Wth 5m) across the fosse. Three small towers survive; the best preserved is in the NW angle, which projects slightly (c. 1m) beyond the line of the bank. There is a tower at the midpoint of the W wall, another towards the E end of the N wall, and there may have been a fourth in the NE corner. The latter seems to have had internal access via a flight of stone steps. No visible internal features.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 148/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.