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Carrigillihy
Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0663
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0663 (663)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cork
- Historic county
- Cork
- Parish, community, or townland
- Carrigillihy
- Latitude
- 51.54036
- Longitude
- -9.11140
- Altitude
- 10 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 0, SW 2, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.42 ha
- Footprint
- 0.64 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall and counterscarp bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Excavation (1952); Earthwork Survey (1992)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO142-093
- National record
- record CO 142
- Wikidata
- Q31065587
Sources
References
- O'Kelly, M. J. 1952. Three promontory forts in Co. Cork. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 55C, 25-59.
- Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S., and Sleeman, M. 1992. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork Volume 1: West Cork. The stationary Office, Dublin.
- Westropp, T.J. 1914. Fortified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32C, 89-124.