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Knockmahon
Waterford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1040
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1040 (1040)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Waterford
- Historic county
- Waterford
- Parish, community, or townland
- Knockmahon
- Latitude
- 52.13770
- Longitude
- -7.35431
- Altitude
- 5 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.05 ha
- Footprint
- 0.07 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1989); Earthwork Survey (1989)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA025-065
- National record
- record WA 025
- Wikidata
- Q31083041
Sources
References
- Manning, C. 1989. A Promontory Fort and Ogham Stone at Knockmahon, Co. Waterford. Decies xxxx 7-11.
- Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological inventory of County Waterford, 64-8. The stationary Office, Dublin.