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Donoure

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0873

Location

Atlas number
IR0873 (873)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Donoure
Latitude
51.54389
Longitude
-8.95646
Altitude
4 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
0
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Footprint
0.42 ha

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

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

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO144-035001
National record
record CO 144
Wikidata
Q31066322

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.