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Commons of Lloyds
Meath, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0691
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0691 (691)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Meath
- Historic county
- Meath
- Parish, community, or townland
- Commons of Lloyds
- Latitude
- 53.73320
- Longitude
- -6.90507
- Altitude
- 129 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 8.98 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 2.58 ha, 4.99 ha, 8.98 ha
- Footprint
- 9.31 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- quarry hollows
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Other (1906); Excavation (2003); Geophysical Survey (2013)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database ME016-054
- National record
- record ME 016
- Wikidata
- Q31081803
Sources
References
- Carr, W. 1999. Lloyn, townland and commons. In L. McNiff (ed.), Studies in Local History: Meath. Costello Print, Meath. 99 - 110.
- Neary, P. 2003. Unpublished Report on Archaeological Testing and Monitoring at Hill of Lloyn, Co. Meath. Patrick Neary Archaeological Consultant.
- Wallace, A. 2003. Unpublished Report on Archaeological Testing at Commons of Lloyd, Kells, Co. Meath. Arch-Tech, Dublin.