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Cluttahina

Waterford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0925

Location

Atlas number
IR0925 (925)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Waterford
Historic county
Waterford
Parish, community, or townland
Cluttahina
Latitude
52.16734
Longitude
-7.82304
Altitude
190 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort and multiple enclosure
Condition
Extant, Cropmark, and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 3, SW 3, NW 3
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
12.53 ha
Enclosure areas
0.16 ha, 0.63 ha, 12.53 ha
Footprint
12.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North); Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
west
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); 1st Identified Written Reference (1854); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (1999)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA021-008001
National record
record WA 021
Wikidata
Q31082808

Sources

References

  1. Fitzgerald, E. 1854. On St Declan's Oratory at Ardmore, County of Waterford, and the old Irish inscription built into its east end. Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 223 - 231.
  2. Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological Inventory of Co. Waterford. The Stationary Office, Dublin.