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Ballysheen More
Clare, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0817
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0817 (817)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Clare
- Historic county
- Clare
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballysheen More
- Latitude
- 52.76093
- Longitude
- -8.78006
- Altitude
- 30 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.29 ha
- Footprint
- 0.44 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge and hillslope
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- woodland and scrub or bracken
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 CL052-014
- National record
- record CL 052
- Wikidata
- Q31077965
Sources