Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Preban, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Preban
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.84504, -6.39435
- SMR number
- WI039-008001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Within an oval enclosure (WI039-008----) which is situated on a marked SW-facing slope. A hut circle (max. diam. 7.5m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 1.1-1.5m) and line of boulders lie in the N portion of the interior.
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.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 September 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.