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Ballynamona Lower
Waterford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0905
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0905 (905)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Waterford
- Historic county
- Waterford
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballynamona Lower
- Latitude
- 51.99695
- Longitude
- -7.58337
- Altitude
- 28 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
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.07 ha
- Footprint
- 0.09 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1900); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Earthwork Survey (1990)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA039-013
- National record
- record WA 039
- Wikidata
- Q31082799
Sources
References
- Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological inventory of County Waterford, 64-8. The stationary Office, Dublin
- Westropp, T.J. 1914-16. Fortified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster: Part II, from Armore to Dunmore, Co. Waterford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32, 188-227.