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Kilbragh

Tipperary, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0921

Location

Atlas number
IR0921 (921)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Tipperary
Historic county
Tipperary
Parish, community, or townland
Kilbragh
Latitude
52.48308
Longitude
-7.80026
Altitude
136 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort and multiple enclosure
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.56 ha
Enclosure areas
0.23 ha, 0.56 ha
Footprint
0.71 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
scrub or bracken and built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database TS069-017
National record
record TS 069
Wikidata
Q31083612

Sources