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Ballinkillin
Carlow, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0679
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0679 (679)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Carlow
- Historic county
- Carlow
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballinkillin
- Latitude
- 52.65302
- Longitude
- -6.93330
- Altitude
- 149 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 4.28 ha
- Footprint
- 5.48 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Other (1906)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CW019-027
- National record
- record CW 019
- Wikidata
- Q31080961
Sources
References
- Brindley, A. and Kilfeather, A. 1993. Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
- Condit, T. and Gibbson, M. 1986.Two hillfort at knockscur and Ballinkillen, Co. Carlow. Carloviana (34), 8 - 9.