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Enclosure

Ballinglen, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballinglen, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballinglen
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.84947, -6.40331
SMR number
WI039-003----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 a marked SE-facing slope in rough rocky pasture. Oval enclosure (dims. c. 80m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE), defined from NW-N by a steep scarp in the hillside, possibly faced with drystone walling. Elsewhere it is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; max. H 1.4m). At the NE a sunken trackway along the perimeter may represent an outer fosse. There are gaps at the SW (Wth 2.5m), N (Wth 2.5m) and NE (Wth 3m). The approach from the NW and SE is marked by a sunken trackway, and the site is an integral part of the surrounding field systems. There is a steep internal slope with a small stream which flows SE out through the enclosure; there are no internal features visible at ground level but circular and rectangular hut sites are identifiable in the N corner on the aerial photograph (CUCAP, AOX 13).

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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