Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Knockloe, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockloe
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 52.80968, -6.69448
- SMR number
- WI037-003----
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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 W-facing slope in mature pasture. Subrectangular enclosure (dims. 27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.9-1.1m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.2m) with drystone facing. Most graves are marked by low, uninscribed slabs, and the earliest dated grave stone is early 19th century. There is an unfinished millstone (diam. 0.82m; T 0.35m) on the wall at NW. 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: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.