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Knocknacarragh
Galway, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0736
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0736 (736)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Galway
- Historic county
- Galway
- Parish, community, or townland
- Knocknacarragh
- Latitude
- 53.25496
- Longitude
- -9.11167
- Altitude
- 28 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 1, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 1.4 ha
- Footprint
- 1.46 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heath
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1993); Other (1960-1969)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database GA093-014
- National record
- record GA 093
- Wikidata
- Q31068837
Sources
References
- Gosling, C. 1993. Archaeological Inventory of County Galway, Vol. I. The Stationary Office, Dublin.