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Oldcourt
Wicklow, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1009
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1009 (1009)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Wicklow
- Historic county
- Wicklow
- Parish, community, or townland
- Oldcourt
- Latitude
- 53.16974
- Longitude
- -6.47354
- Altitude
- 302 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
- 0.29 ha
- Footprint
- 0.44 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1997)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WI005-037001
- National record
- record WI 005
- Wikidata
- Q31081528
Sources
References
- Kilfeather, A and Grogan, E. 1997. Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. The Stationary Office, Dublin.