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Knocknasnaa

Limerick, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0917

Location

Atlas number
IR0917 (917)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Limerick
Historic county
Limerick
Parish, community, or townland
Knocknasnaa
Latitude
52.41077
Longitude
-9.29779
Altitude
125 m

Form and condition

Type
multiple enclosure
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 1, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.16 ha
Footprint
0.46 ha

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
level
Land use
scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LI042-002
National record
record LI 042
Wikidata
Q31071639

Sources