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Clonmoney West

Clare, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0822

Location

Atlas number
IR0822 (822)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Clare
Historic county
Clare
Parish, community, or townland
Clonmoney West
Latitude
52.71685
Longitude
-8.84080
Altitude
34 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.24 ha
Footprint
0.32 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
south
Land use
pasture and built-up land

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 CL051-153
National record
record CL 051
Wikidata
Q31078114

Sources