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Ballinwing
Leitrim, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1072
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1072 (1072)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Leitrim
- Historic county
- Leitrim
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballinwing
- Latitude
- 53.99956
- Longitude
- -8.02515
- Altitude
- 62 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
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.1 ha
- Footprint
- 0.14 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LE027-045
- National record
- record LE 027
- Wikidata
- Q31053350
Sources
References
- Moore, M. 2003. Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim. The Stationary Office, Dublin.