Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballygobban, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygobban
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90597, -6.43291
- SMR number
- WI033-004----
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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
Oval enclosure (max. dims. 40m N-S x 32m E-W) defined by a rubble bank (Wth 3m; H c. 1.5m). Built into a marked NW-facing slope. The site is now under forestry.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Booley hut1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.