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Carrownakilly

Clare, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0819

Location

Atlas number
IR0819 (819)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Clare
Historic county
Clare
Parish, community, or townland
Carrownakilly
Latitude
52.76661
Longitude
-8.87527
Altitude
25 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.8 ha
Footprint
0.87 ha
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and lowland
Aspect
east
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1906)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CL042-107001
National record
record CL 042
Wikidata
Q31078005

Sources