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Dunbogey

Cork, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0902

Location

Atlas number
IR0902 (902)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cork
Historic county
Cork
Parish, community, or townland
Dunbogey
Latitude
51.70169
Longitude
-8.39301
Altitude
12 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.33 ha
Footprint
0.7 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
east
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1935); Earthwork Survey (1983)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO113-033002
National record
record CO 113
Wikidata
Q31066740

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.