Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LI039-029 (None)
NMR: LI 039 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 558662 Y: 634045 (IRENET95)
Sub oval multiple enclosure positioned at the summit of an isolated hill, with excellent views overlooking the surrounding low-lands. The site has a total footprint of approximately 2.9ha. Bivallate for its entire circuit with no recorded entrance features. The enclosing elements are widely spaced and are separated by 23 - 200m. This variation is due to the outer enclosing element following the contours of the natural limestone plateau. No evidence for any internal features on the surface (Grogan 2005b, 113). The central enclosing element is depicted in the first and second editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. Condit (1995, 36) released a basic plan of the site in 1995.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -958263 Y: 6883053 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -8.608224864947928 Latitude: 52.45629246984842 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Limerick
Historic County: Limerick
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Rathcannon
None
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Under pasture. Partial limestone outcrop within hillfort interior.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Multiple enclosure on summit of isolated hill in low-lying terrain. Summit is domed and offers panoramic views in all directions.
| 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 hilltop.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 105.0m
N/A
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 |
The central enclosing elements is depicted in the first and second editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. Condit (1995, 36) released a basic plan of the site in 1995.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842): | First edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey mapping. |
| Earthwork Survey (1906): | Second edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey mapping. |
| Other (1995): | Basic plan of site by Condit. |
No evidence for any internal features on the surface.
Small lake 500m to NW.
| 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 | ✗ |
No recorded entrance features.
| 0: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
No record of enclosing elements available. A basic plan of the site was published by Condit (1995, 36). This suggests that the outer enclosing elements follows the contours of the natural limestone plateau. The inner enclosing element is circular, crowning the top of the hilltop. These enclosing elements are separated by 23 - 200m.
| Area 1: | 0.61ha. |
| Area 2: | 2.72ha. |
| Total: | 2.72ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 2.95ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| 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 | ✗ |
Unknown
| 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 |
| ✗ | No obvious ditch feature. |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None. |
Condit, T. 1995. Hillfort Discoveries near Killaloe, Co. Clare. Archaeology Ireland 9(1), 34 - 37.
Grogan, 2005b. The North Munster Project Vol. 2. Wordwell, Dublin.
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