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Templetown

Wexford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1063

Location

Atlas number
IR1063 (1063)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Wexford
Historic county
Wexford
Parish, community, or townland
Templetown
Latitude
52.17219
Longitude
-6.89830
Altitude
17 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 1, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Footprint
0.21 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
west
Land use
scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1839); Earthwork Survey (1989)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WX049-009
National record
record WX 049
Wikidata
Q31083314

Sources

References

  1. Moore, M. 1996. Archaeological inventory of County Wexford, 26. The stationary Office, Dublin.