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Shanakill
Waterford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0929
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0929 (929)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Waterford
- Historic county
- Waterford
- Parish, community, or townland
- Shanakill
- Latitude
- 52.05337
- Longitude
- -7.82153
- Altitude
- 117 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.44 ha
- Footprint
- 0.58 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Other (1906); Other (1999)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA034-009
- National record
- record WA 034
- Wikidata
- Q31082828
Sources
References
- Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological Inventory of Co. Waterford. The Stationary Office, Dublin.