Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Stump of The Castle, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stump of The Castle
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.95188, -6.21993
- SMR number
- WI030-005001-
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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 a gentle SSE-facing slope. A square enclosure (dims. 50.96m x 50.96m) described in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 121-2) as being surrounded by a deep wide fosse and mound at S, W and N. A tower house (WI030-005----) stood at the SE angle. (Information D. Newman-Johnson)
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.