Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Chapel, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Chapel
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.87358, -6.13170
- SMR number
- WI036-017003-
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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 at a break in a gentle N-facing slope. Rectangular enclosure (dims. 45m E-W; 40m N-S) defined at the N (Wth 8.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2m), E and W (Wth 3-4.5m; H 0.7-1.1m) by an earthen bank; no bank survives on the S side which is bordered by the field boundary. There is a church (WI036-017001-) at the centre of the interior. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure around the church and recorded as '(Site of) Chapel and Raheen'. No indication of a fosse or entrance.
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: 13 September 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.