Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LI019-127 (None)
NMR: LI 019 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 528828 Y: 644136 (IRENET95)
Circular multiple enclosure on summit of Kilbradran Hill. This hilltop dominates the surrounding flat, low-lying terrain. The summit offers panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The hillfort has a total site footprint of 0.4ha. Bivallate for most of its circuit, the NE and E section of the enclosing elements have been truncated by a Post-Medieval road. Possible annex to the N recorded by Westropp is now destroyed (1916-1917, 29). Four possible original entrances consisting of two simple gaps in the inner bank and two simple gaps in the outer enclosing elements. No evidence for any internal features on the surface. Ramparts survive well to N, S and W with some tree cover on the banks. First map depiction in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. More detailed earthwork survey in second edition Ordnance Survey maps. Earthwork survey by Westropp in 1916.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Unconfirmed
X: -1007361 Y: 6899075 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -9.049280025640122 Latitude: 52.54390611927253 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Limerick
Historic County: Limerick
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Lisbane
The E section of the outer enclosing elements have been truncated by a road.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
The defenses are under tree cover.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Circular multiple enclosure on summit of low, dome shaped hill. This hilltop dominates the surrounding flat, low-lying terrain. The summit offers panoramic views of the surrounding landscape.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✓ |
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Isolated Hill in low-lying terrain.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 71.0m
S edge of outer enclosing element sits on the townland boundary between Lisbane and Kilbrandran.
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
No dating evidence.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
First map depiction in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. More detailed earthwork survey in second edition Ordnance Survey maps. Earthwork survey by Westropp in 1916.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842): | First edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey mapping. |
| Earthwork Survey (1906): | Second edition 25 in Ordnance Survey mapping. |
| Earthwork Survey (1916): | Westropp. |
No evidence for any internal features on the surface.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
NO APPARENT FEATURES
| APs Not Checked | ✗ |
| None | ✓ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Possible original entrance to the E and S of inner enclosing element, both comprising simple gaps approximately 3.5m wide. Breaks in outer bank to N (8m wide) and SE (6m wide) may be original.
| 4: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (East): | Simple gap in inner enclosing element |
| 2. Simple Gap (South): | Simple gap in inner enclosing element |
| 3. Simple Gap (North): | Simple gap in outer enclosing element |
| 4. Simple Gap (South east): | Simple gap in outer enclosing element |
Circular area defined by two enclosing elements comprising concentric bank and ditch features separated by 15 _ 26m. The inner bank comprises of earth. Westropp (1916-1917, 29) noted that both the inner and outer faces of the bank were revetted. The inner bank survives best at the N. An external ditch is heavily in-filled and measures 1.1m wide and 0.3m deep. Outer enclosing elements consist of an earthen bank, 3.1m wide and up to 2.6m in external height, and shallow ditch, 1.3m wide and 0.1m deep.
| Area 1: | 0.05ha. |
| Area 2: | 0.32ha. |
| Total: | 0.32ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.42ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Partial destruction of the outer enclosing elements in the NE and E. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 2 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Inner bank and outer enclosing elements composed of earth.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Shallow external ditches with internal banks. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | Possible annex to the N, now destroyed. Recorded by Westropp (1916-1917, 29). A low-lying bank feature extending from the outer enclosing elements at the N for approximately 30m before running concentric with outer bank to SE, where it runs back towards the outer enclosing elements. |
Westropp, T. 1916/1917. On certain earthworks and ring-works in County Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 33. 9 - 42.
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