Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Kilpipe, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpipe
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilpipe Castle and Rampart (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.82395, -6.36470
- SMR number
- WI039-013001-
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
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 60m N-S) marked on the first edition OS 6-inch map and a castle (WI039-013002-) named on the current edition. Neither visible at ground level. (Price 1936, 52)
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.