Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database No record (None)
NMR: WI 027 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 687806 Y: 689205 (IRENET95)
Univallate contour fort in commanding positioned on W ridge of Tuckmill Hill, a steep tripartite hilltop overlooking the modern town of Baltinglass to the SW. The hillfort is located on level terrain with a steep break of slope to the W. This fort is one of nine hillforts comprising the Baltinglass hillfort cluster. Identified by LiDAR and geophysical survey (O'Driscoll in prep.). The hillfort has a total site footprint of approximately 1.4ha. There is a single entrance feature at the NW which may be original. Geophysical survey (O'Driscoll in prep.) has revealed an absence of archaeological features within the interior. The ramparts are visible in the LiDAR data as a low-rise bank feature, although this is difficult to distinguish on the ground. Geophysical survey has confirmed the presence of the hillfort and revealed that this bank was the footing for a substantial palisade. The entire monument is under pasture. First identification by O'Driscoll in 2012. Identified by LiDAR survey commissioned by department of archaeology University College Cork. Geophysical survey by O'Driscoll (in prep.) 2014.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -745116 Y: 6973098 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -6.693490976200407 Latitude: 52.946447535777125 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Wicklow
Historic County: Wicklow
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Sruhaun
Identified by LiDAR and geophysics.
| Extant | ✗ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
None
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Univallate contour fort in commanding positioned on W ridge of Tuckmill Hill, a steep tripartite hilltop overlooking the modern town of Baltinglass to the SW. The hillfort is located on level terrain with a steep break of slope to the W. Overlooked by Rathcoran hillfort (Atlas No.0724) to E and Tinoran hillfort to SE.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Ridge.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 322.0m
The hillfort is bisected by the boundary between the townlands of Sruhaun and Pinnacle.
Boundary Type: None
No dating evidence.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
First identification by O'Driscoll in 2012. Identified by LiDAR survey commissioned by department of archaeology University College Cork. Geophysical survey by O'Driscoll 2014.
| LiDAR Survey (2012): | LiDAR survey commissioned by department of archaeology University College Cork. |
| Geophysical Survey (2014): | O'Driscoll |
LiDAR and geophysical survey have identified an absence of features within the interior.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
No features of archaeological significance recorded in geophysical survey (O'Driscoll in prep.).
| No Known Geophysics | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
NO APPARENT FEATURES
| APs Not Checked | ✗ |
| None | ✓ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Geophysical survey has identified a possible original entrance gap at the NW, comprising a 4m break in the enclosing elements.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North west): | None |
The enclosure comprises as single low-rise bank occupying a total area of 1.43ha. Geophysical survey indicates that this bank formed the footing for a substantial palisade (O'Driscoll 2014).
| Area 1: | 1.29ha. |
| Total: | 1.29ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 1.43ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✓ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | No ditch features recorded in the geophysics. |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None. |
O'Driscoll, J. 2014. Unpublished Geophysical survey report: Sruhaun. Co. Wicklow. UCC Cork, Dept of Archaeology.
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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