Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Killahurler Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killahurler Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.80137, -6.25934
- SMR number
- WI040-023----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. Steep-sided circular mound (diam. 16m; H 2.8-4m) defined by a fosse (Wth 2-4m; D 0.4m). Part of the centre and the E side have been removed through quarrying. An urn was allegedly found here in the 19th century (Waddell 1990, 166).
Included on the Register of Historic Monuments by Minister John Gormley, DoEHLG, on 7 September 2009 and published in Iris Oifigiúil on 18 September 2009. (G. Conroy.)
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.