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Mutton Island
Clare (Mutton Island), Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1584
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1584 (1584)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Clare (Mutton Island)
- Historic county
- Clare
- Parish, community, or townland
- Mutton Island
- Latitude
- 52.81210
- Longitude
- -9.51304
- Altitude
- 4 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 0, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.03 ha
- Footprint
- 0.04 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1837); Other (1905)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CL038-002
- National record
- record CL 038
- Wikidata
- Q31119485
Sources
References
- Westropp, T. J. 1904. Antiquities Near Miltown Malbay. Journal of the Limerick Field Club vol. 2(8) p 247-256
- Lewis, S. 1837. County Clare: A History and Topography