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Kane

Louth, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1053

Location

Atlas number
IR1053 (1053)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Louth
Historic county
Louth
Parish, community, or townland
Kane
Latitude
54.03999
Longitude
-6.47951
Altitude
51 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.07 ha
Footprint
0.13 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
south
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (1991)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LH003-039
National record
record LH 003
Wikidata
Q31081721

Sources

References

  1. Buckley, V and Sweetman, D. 1991. Archaeological inventory of County Louth, 95. The stationary Office, Dublin.