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Castletenison Demesne

Roscommon, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1089

Location

Atlas number
IR1089 (1089)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Roscommon
Historic county
Roscommon
Parish, community, or townland
Castletenison Demesne
Latitude
54.05922
Longitude
-8.18201
Altitude
54 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 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.42 ha
Footprint
0.47 ha
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 (1842); Other (1906)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database RO003-008
National record
record RO 003
Wikidata
Q31077141

Sources