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Reencaheragh (Rinn Chathrach)
Kerry, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1135
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1135 (1135)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Kerry
- Historic county
- Kerry
- Parish, community, or townland
- Reencaheragh
- Latitude
- 51.87709
- Longitude
- -10.39433
- Altitude
- 8 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
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.17 ha
- Footprint
- 0.23 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- 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 KE087-072
- National record
- record KE 087
- Wikidata
- Q31082240
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.