LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database SL040-009 (None)
NMR: SL 040 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 571249 Y: 812551 (IRENET95)
Partial contour fort surrounding flat summit of Kesh Corann mountain. The site has a total footprint of approximately 2.9ha. Univallate for the entire circuit, an annex abutting the S section of the enclosing elements has been interpreted as a possible entrance feature. A large cairn is positioned at the highest point in the interior. There are no other features visible on the surface. No obvious entrance features recorded. The ramparts and the majority of the interior of the hillfort are covered in blanket bog and heather. This monument was surveyed by Egan et al. (2005) and Kytmannown (2005). The hillfort is not depicted in any historic mapping.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -939444 Y: 7181774 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -8.439165060003717 Latitude: 54.06129849713221 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Sligo
Historic County: Sligo
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Drumnagranshy
None
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Site covered in blanket bog and heather. Stone walls of enclosing elements visible in aerial photography.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✓ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Partial contour fort surrounding flat summit of steep mountain. Panoramic views from summit. Enclosing elements follow contours at NW - E and cuts across gently sloping ground at S.
| 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: Kesh Corann mountain.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 359.0m
Center of the hillfort is bisected by the townland boundary between Drumnagranshy and Murhy.
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: | Large cairn stands on the summit at the N end of the interior |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
Monument survey by Egan et al. (2005) and Kytmannow (2005). Not identified in any historic mapping.
| Other (2005): | Monument survey by Kytmannow. |
Large circular cairn at N edge of interior measuring 26m in diameter with a maximum height of 5m. This may be a passage tomb.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Cairn.
| 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 | ✗ |
Kytmannow (2005, 22) has suggested that the annex abutting the S section of the enclosing element was used as an entrance feature.
| 0: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
Enclosing elements comprise a low, heather covered stone wall 2.5m wide and 0.5m high. At NW - E, bank is built on edge of steep slope at N edge of plateau.
| Area 1: | 2.6ha. |
| Total: | 2.6ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 2.87ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| 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 recorded ditch. No features visible on aerial photography. |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✓ | Annex abutting enclosing elements to S, comprising a bivallate, D-shaped enclosure with a maximum overall diameter of 39m (Kytmannow 2005, 20 - 22). Kytmannow (2005, 22) suggests that this may have formed an entrance at the S end of the hillfort. |
Condit, T., Gibbons, M., Timoney, M.1991 Hillforts in Sligo and Leitrim, Emania, 59 - 62.
Egan, U., Byrne, E. and Sleeman, M. 2005. Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo. Dublin stationary Office.
Kytmannow, T. 2005. New prehistoric discoveries in the Kesh Corann/Carrowkeel complex, Co. Sligo. Archaeology Ireland 19 (4), 20 - 23.
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