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Reenogrena

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0859

Location

Atlas number
IR0859 (859)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Reenogrena
Latitude
51.54824
Longitude
-9.07403
Altitude
25 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.18 ha
Footprint
0.25 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
scrub or bracken and coastal grassland
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1986)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO143-085
National record
record CO 143
Wikidata
Q31066208

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.