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Downeen

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0876

Location

Atlas number
IR0876 (876)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Downeen
Latitude
51.55996
Longitude
-9.02463
Altitude
9 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
0.11 ha
Footprint
0.22 ha

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Earthwork Survey (1989)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO143-069001
National record
record CO 143
Wikidata
Q31066355

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.