Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cronawinnia, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cronawinnia
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.88880, -6.32559
- SMR number
- WI034-011----
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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 gentle S-facing slope. Oval enclosure (dims. 44m ESE-WNW; 29m NNE-SSW) defined at the N by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 1.2-1.5m) and elsewhere by a steep scarp. There is an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.6-1.2m) at the N. A farm track cuts across the SE portion of the site. No indication of an entrance or internal features.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.