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Ballinteskin
Louth, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1074
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1074 (1074)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Louth
- Historic county
- Louth
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballinteskin
- Latitude
- 54.07043
- Longitude
- -6.24941
- Altitude
- 82 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 0, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.07 ha
- Footprint
- 0.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
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 (1906); Other (1991)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LH005-015
- National record
- record LH 005
- Wikidata
- Q31081762
Sources
References
- Buckley, V and Sweetman, D. 1991. Archaeological inventory of County Louth, 95. The stationary Office, Dublin.