Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Kilcashel, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcashel
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.87081, -6.23858
- SMR number
- WI035-028003-
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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 the summit of a low hill. The remains of the church (dims. 13m E-W; 5.9m N-S) are represented by a jumbled bank of large stones and earth (Wth 1.6-2m; int. H 0.7-1.1m; ext. H 0.5-1.5m). There is a gap (Wth 1.7m) in the S wall slightly W of centre. The church is at the centre of a large roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 140m SE-NW; 100m NE-SW) defined by a wide bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H c. 1.4-2m). At the NE there is a straight section of field wall but the original boundary probably curved northwards at this point. There are no grave-markers visible within the enclosure. Another possible enclosure (WI035-029----) lies adjacent to the E.
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: 22 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.