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Dunworly

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0843

Location

Atlas number
IR0843 (843)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Dunworly
Latitude
51.58381
Longitude
-8.75219
Altitude
5 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.19 ha
Footprint
0.28 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
west
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
quarry hollows
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1902); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Earthwork Survey (1986)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO136-100
National record
record CO 136
Wikidata
Q31066067

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.
  2. Westropp, T.J. 1914. Fortified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32C, 104-105.