Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ardanairy, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardanairy
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.85657, -6.06055
- SMR number
- WI036-029----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the coast close to Mizen Head. An eroded moated site (dims. 35m x 35m) noted during fieldwalking in 1983. A hachured rectangular area is visible on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map. Worked flints (WI036-027----) were found in the thrown-up bank of the site. (Mitchell 1990, 47; Information Prof. P. Woodman)
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
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Enclosure2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.