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Ardaturrish More

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0827

Location

Atlas number
IR0827 (827)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Ardaturrish
Latitude
51.71894
Longitude
-9.49170
Altitude
10 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory 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
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.02 ha
Footprint
0.05 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1985); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1902)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO105-018
National record
record CO 105
Wikidata
Q31065766

Sources

References

  1. Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S., and Sleeman, M. 1992. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork Volume 1: West Cork, 126-130. The stationary Office, Dublin.