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Kedrah

Tipperary, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0711

Location

Atlas number
IR0711 (711)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Tipperary
Historic county
Tipperary
Parish, community, or townland
Kedrah
Latitude
52.39669
Longitude
-7.90208
Altitude
62 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
1.61 ha
Footprint
2.21 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (North west)

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)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database TS075-039
National record
record TS 075
Wikidata
Q31083445

Sources