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Moanbaun
Galway, Republic of Ireland · Atlas IR0950
Location
- Atlas number
- IR0950 (950)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Galway
- Historic county
- Galway
- Parish, community, or townland
- Moanbaun
- Latitude
- 53.31335
- Longitude
- -8.79832
- Altitude
- 37 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.42 ha
- Footprint
- 0.65 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North); Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- parkland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (1995)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database GA084-063
- National record
- record GA 084
- Wikidata
- Q31069067
Sources
References
- Alcock, O., de hÓra, K and Gosling, P. 1995. Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway. The Stationary Office, Dublin.