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Fawnlion
Leitrim, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1070
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1070 (1070)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Leitrim
- Historic county
- Leitrim
- Parish, community, or townland
- Fawnlion
- Latitude
- 54.28317
- Longitude
- -8.31836
- Altitude
- 170 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
- 0.07 ha
- Footprint
- 0.13 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1906); Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LE010-063
- National record
- record LE 010
- Wikidata
- Q31053319
Sources
References
- Moore, M. 2003. Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim. The Stationary Office, Dublin.