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Knockbrack
Dublin, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0795
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0795 (795)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dublin
- Historic county
- Dublin
- Parish, community, or townland
- Knockbrack
- Latitude
- 53.57204
- Longitude
- -6.25808
- Altitude
- 176 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 9.11 ha
- Footprint
- 9.11 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- palisade
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DU004-012006
- National record
- record DU 004
- Wikidata
- Q31069795
Sources
References
- Keeling, D. 1983. A group of tumuli and a hillfort near Naul, County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 67-74.