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Rathcannon
Limerick, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0686
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0686 (686)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Limerick
- Historic county
- Limerick
- Parish, community, or townland
- Rathcannon
- Latitude
- 52.45629
- Longitude
- -8.60822
- Altitude
- 105 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 2.72 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.61 ha, 2.72 ha
- Footprint
- 2.95 ha
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (1995)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LI039-029
- National record
- record LI 039
- Wikidata
- Q31071434
Sources
References
- Condit, T. 1995. Hillfort Discoveries near Killaloe, Co. Clare. Archaeology Ireland 9(1), 34 - 37.
- Grogan, 2005b. The North Munster Project Vol. 2. Wordwell, Dublin.