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Kilfarnoge (Cill Fearnóg)

Kerry, Republic of Ireland · Atlas IR1252

Location

Atlas number
IR1252 (1252)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Kerry
Historic county
Kerry
Parish, community, or townland
Kilfarnoge
Latitude
52.10792
Longitude
-10.37171
Altitude
13 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.04 ha
Footprint
0.08 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
south
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures and other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1841); 1st Identified Written Reference (1910); Earthwork Survey (1986)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE052-285
National record
record KE 052
Wikidata
Q31082306

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