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Ballylan
Clare, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1582
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1582 (1582)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Clare
- Historic county
- Clare
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballylan
- Latitude
- 52.94832
- Longitude
- -9.46823
- Altitude
- 83 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.11 ha
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1780); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1839); Other (1893)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CL014-010001
- National record
- record CL 014
- Wikidata
- Q31080208
Sources
References
- Frost, J. 1893. The History and Topography of the County of Clare
- Westropp, T. J. 1911. Prehistoric Remains (Forts and Dolmens) in the Burren, Co. Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 343-367.