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Donaghmore

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0834

Location

Atlas number
IR0834 (834)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Donaghmore
Latitude
51.58894
Longitude
-8.79012
Altitude
9 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.02 ha
Footprint
0.04 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
scrub or bracken and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1902); Earthwork Survey (1986)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO136-071
National record
record CO 136
Wikidata
Q31065900

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.