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Carrickspringan
Meath, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1085
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1085 (1085)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Meath
- Historic county
- Meath
- Parish, community, or townland
- Carrickspringan
- Latitude
- 53.81303
- Longitude
- -6.88097
- Altitude
- 124 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.18 ha
- Footprint
- 0.39 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west); Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- rectangular stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (1987)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database ME005-075
- National record
- record ME 005
- Wikidata
- Q31081915
Sources
References
- Sweetman, D. 1987. Archaeological Inventory of County Meath. The Stationary Office, Dublin.