Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Knockloe, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockloe
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80620, -6.68386
- SMR number
- WI037-029002-
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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 flat grassland immediately N of Knockloe House and to the W of the driveway leading up to the abandoned ruins of this country house. One of a group of 5 possible barrows (WI037-029001-/005-) clustered in a small field (dims. 59m NE-SW; 110m N-S) clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Site consists of a low circular mound (approx. diam. 9m) enclosed by a wide shallow fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) with traces of an external bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.1m) in SW quadrant of field adjacent to driveway leading up to Knockloe House. According to landowner this field was used to 'ring horses' in the 19th century. Visible as a cropmark on the 2005 OSI aerial photograph, on this photograph the earthwork (WI037-029005-) in the N quadrant of the field appears to be formed by a circular feeding trough. The clustering of these earthworks in a small narrow field and their preservation along with their close proximity to Knockloe House may cast doubts on their antiquity.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Dr. Charles Mount.
Date of upload: 9 February 2017
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.