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Foilnageragh (Faill na Gcaoireach)
Kerry (Iveragh Peninsula), Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1133
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1133 (1133)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Kerry (Iveragh Peninsula)
- Historic county
- Kerry
- Parish, community, or townland
- Foilnageragh
- Latitude
- 51.86503
- Longitude
- -10.38793
- Altitude
- 40 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.06 ha
- Footprint
- 0.08 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (1996)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE087-047
- National record
- record KE 087
- Wikidata
- Q31119631
Sources
References
- O'Sullivan, A and Sheehan, J. 1996. Iveragh Peninsula: An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry. Cork University Press. Cork
- Redmond, M. 1995. A survey of the promontory forts of the Kerry peninsulas. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 28, 5-63.