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Dooneenmacotter

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0900

Location

Atlas number
IR0900 (900)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Dooneenmacotter
Latitude
51.81905
Longitude
-8.03742
Altitude
21 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 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.08 ha
Footprint
0.12 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Earthwork Survey (1991)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO089-053
National record
record CO 089
Wikidata
Q31066664

Sources

References

  1. Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S., and Sleeman, M. 1994. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork Volume 2: East and South Cork, 64-5. 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.