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Coarha Beg
Kerry, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1272
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1272 (1272)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Kerry
- Historic county
- Kerry
- Parish, community, or townland
- Coarhabeg
- Latitude
- 51.88998
- Longitude
- -10.39092
- Altitude
- 5 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.21 ha
- Footprint
- 0.25 ha
- 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 (1912); Earthwork Survey (1996)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE087-034001
- National record
- record KE 087
- Wikidata
- Q31082625
Sources
References
- O'Sullivan, A and Sheehan, J. 1996. Iveragh Peninsula: An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry. Cork University Press. Cork
- Westropp, T. J. 1912. Notes on the promontory forts and similar structures of County Kerry. Part V- Iveragh (Valentia to St. Finans Bay). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 47, 305.