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Settlement cluster

Brusselstown,Coolamaddra, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Settlement cluster, Brusselstown, Coolamaddra, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Brusselstown,Coolamaddra
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.96630, -6.62027
SMR number
WI027-078003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On the N-facing slopes of Spinans Hill, outside the N rampart of the large contour fort (WI027-078001-/WI021-080001-). Settlement comprising enclosures, hut sites and field walls are evident on aerial photography covering an area c. 320m x 145m. (Condit 1992, 16-20)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 11 December 2012

Condit, T. 1992 Irelands hillfort capital. Archaeology Ireland 6 (3), 16-20.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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