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Tiduff (An Tigh Duibh)

Kerry, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1260

Location

Atlas number
IR1260 (1260)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Kerry
Historic county
Kerry
Parish, community, or townland
Tiduff
Latitude
52.41912
Longitude
-9.94410
Altitude
24 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 2, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.9 ha
Footprint
2.35 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
west
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures and rectangular stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1841); 1st Identified Written Reference (1910); Earthwork Survey (1995)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE013-001
National record
record KE 013
Wikidata
Q31082326

Sources

References

  1. Redmond, M. 1995. A survey of the promontory forts of the Kerry peninsulas. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 28, 5-63.
  2. Toal, C. 1995. North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle
  3. 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