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Cappanakilla
Clare, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0930
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0930 (930)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Clare
- Historic county
- Clare
- Parish, community, or townland
- Cappanakilla
- Latitude
- 52.89572
- Longitude
- -9.04829
- Altitude
- 99 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.55 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.17 ha, 0.55 ha
- Footprint
- 0.73 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
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 CL025-191001
- National record
- record CL 025
- Wikidata
- Q31078794
Sources