Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Toorboy, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toorboy
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.92724, -6.51777
- SMR number
- WI028-009----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on level ground with downhill slopes to the Derreen River to the SW. Oval enclosure (dims. 78.6m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7-10m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6-1.3m). A curving fosse (Wth 6.4m; D 0.2m) cuts off a portion of the N sector (dims. 10m N-S; 20m E-W). Within this is an irregular pile of stones. No indication of an external fosse or entrance.
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.