Home / Republic of Ireland / Cork / Reen

Reen

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0857

Location

Atlas number
IR0857 (857)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Reen
Latitude
51.51647
Longitude
-9.17479
Altitude
11 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.19 ha
Footprint
0.32 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
scrub or bracken
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Earthwork Survey (1985)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO151-019001
National record
record CO 151
Wikidata
Q31066194

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.