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Paddock

Kerry, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1249

Location

Atlas number
IR1249 (1249)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Kerry
Historic county
Kerry
Parish, community, or townland
Paddock
Latitude
52.11449
Longitude
-10.32358
Altitude
8 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
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.04 ha
Footprint
0.06 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1841); 1st Identified Written Reference (1910); Earthwork Survey (1986)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE053-057
National record
record KE 053
Wikidata
Q31082299

Sources

References

  1. Cuppage, J. et al. 1986. Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula. Ballyferriter
  2. O'Sullivan, A and Sheehan, J. 1996. Iveragh Peninsula: An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry. Cork University Press. Cork
  3. Redmond, M. 1995. A survey of the promontory forts of the Kerry peninsulas. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 28, 5-63.
  4. Westropp, T.J. 1910. Promontory forts and similar structures of County Kerry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 40, 179-213, 265-196