Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballycurragh, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycurragh
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.88431, -6.41259
- SMR number
- WI034-007----
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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
Situated on a marked SE-facing slope in modern forestry. Subrectangular enclosure (dims. 40m NW-SE x 35m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1-1.8m; H 0.4-1.4m) with drystone facing on the NW and SE sides. On the NE and SW sides there is a steep drop to a gully outside the bank and a drainage fosse occurs inside the bank at the NE. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at the SE. No indication of a fosse or internal features. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as circular, and on the current edition as a small field.
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
- Church1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosure1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.