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Kilskeagh

Galway, Republic of Ireland · Atlas IR0735

Location

Atlas number
IR0735 (735)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Galway
Historic county
Galway
Parish, community, or townland
Kilskeagh
Latitude
53.36738
Longitude
-8.77894
Altitude
103 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
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
2.6 ha
Footprint
2.65 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Other (1906); Other (1999)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database GA071-046
National record
record GA 071
Wikidata
Q31068783

Sources

References

  1. Alcock, O., de hÓra, K. and Gosling, P. 1999. Archaeological Inventory of County Galway, Vol. II. The Stationary Office, Dublin.