Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Tarahill, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tarahill
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70008, -6.21738
- SMR number
- WX007-086----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a shoulder on the N-facing slope of Tara Hill below the ridge with the cairn (WX007-014----). It is indicated as a small circular feature on the 1940 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular enclosure (int. diam. 6.75m N-S; 6.6m E-W) defined by the base of a double-faced wall (T 0.5-0.7m; max. H 0.4m) with no visible entrance. It could be a sheepfold.
Date of upload: 4 April, 2017
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.