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Minard West (Minn Aird Thiar)
Kerry, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1248
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1248 (1248)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Kerry
- Historic county
- Kerry
- Parish, community, or townland
- Minard West
- Latitude
- 52.11368
- Longitude
- -10.14633
- Altitude
- 11 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 1.28 ha
- Footprint
- 1.38 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1995)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE054-091
- National record
- record KE 053
- Wikidata
- Q31082295
Sources
References
- Redmond, M. 1995. A survey of the promontory forts of the Kerry peninsulas. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 28, 5-63