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Derryvreeveen (Bere Island)

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0894

Location

Atlas number
IR0894 (894)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Derryvreeveen
Latitude
51.61545
Longitude
-9.90826
Altitude
9 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1.69 ha
Footprint
1.69 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (2005)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO128-025
National record
record CO 128
Wikidata
Q31066501

Sources

References

  1. Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S., and Sleeman, M. 2009. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork Volume 5. The stationary Office, Dublin.