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Killoughterane
Carlow, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0936
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0936 (936)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Carlow
- Historic county
- Carlow
- Parish, community, or townland
- Killoughterane
- Latitude
- 52.62751
- Longitude
- -6.85683
- Altitude
- 265 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
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.93 ha
- Footprint
- 1.04 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall and rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1906); Other (1993)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CW019-065
- National record
- record CW 019
- Wikidata
- Q31080976
Sources
References
- Brindley, A and Kilfeather, A. 1993. Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow. The Stationary Office, Dublin.