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Lambay Island
Dublin, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1304
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1304 (1304)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dublin
- Historic county
- Dublin
- Parish, community, or townland
- Lambay Island
- Latitude
- 53.49770
- Longitude
- -6.02750
- Altitude
- 2 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 2 ha
- Footprint
- 2.55 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Geophysical Survey (2009); Geophysical Survey (2013)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DU009-001013
- National record
- record DU 009
- Wikidata
- Q31070110
Sources
References
- Cooney, G. 2009. Lambay Isalnd, Co. Dublin. Unpublished geophysical report submitted to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Galetacht.
- Dowling G. 2014. Geophysical survey at Lambay, north Co. Dublin (Licence no. 12R078). Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
- http://webgis.archaeology.ie/NationalMonuments/FlexViewer/