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Knockacarrigeen
Galway, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0732
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0732 (732)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Galway
- Historic county
- Galway
- Parish, community, or townland
- Knockacarrigeen
- Latitude
- 53.48577
- Longitude
- -8.93718
- Altitude
- 101 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 4.61 ha
- Footprint
- 4.85 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- before 1200 BC and undated
- Dating evidence
- C14
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- rectangular stone structures
- Finds
- animal bones
- Investigations
- Other (1987); 1st Identified Written Reference (1988); Excavation (1994)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database GA043-033006
- National record
- record GA 043
- Wikidata
- Q31068560
Sources
References
- Byrne, C. and Gosling, P. 1988. A hilltop enclosure on Knockacarrigeen, near Knockmaa, Co. Galway. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 41, 138 _ 141.
- Carey, A. 2002. Excavations at Knockacarrigeen Hill, Tuam Co. Galway. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 55 _ 71