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Ballyvoony

Waterford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0959

Location

Atlas number
IR0959 (959)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Waterford
Historic county
Waterford
Parish, community, or townland
Ballyvoony
Latitude
52.12850
Longitude
-7.43291
Altitude
18 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.12 ha
Footprint
0.15 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); 1st Identified Written Reference (1906); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Earthwork Survey (1989)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA032-014
National record
record WA 032
Wikidata
Q31082849

Sources

References

  1. Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological inventory of County Waterford, 64-8. The stationary Office, Dublin.
  2. Westropp, T.J. 1906 Notes on certain promontory forts in the counties of Waterford and Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 36, 239-58.
  3. Westropp, T.J. 1914-16 Fortified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster: Part II, from Ardmore to Dunmore, Co. Waterford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32C, 188-227.