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Wexford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1047
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1047 (1047)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Wexford
- Historic county
- Wexford
- Parish, community, or townland
- Nook
- Latitude
- 52.26282
- Longitude
- -6.97480
- Altitude
- 7 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.89 ha
- Footprint
- 2.14 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- pasture and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- rectangular stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1841); 1st Identified Written Reference (1918); Earthwork Survey (1988)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WX044-002001
- National record
- record WX 044
- Wikidata
- Q31083265
Sources
References
- Moore, M. 1996. Archaeological inventory of County Wexford, 26. The stationary Office, Dublin.
- Westropp, T.J. 1918. Five large earthworks in the barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 48, 14-15.