Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database TS079-027 (None)
NMR: TS 079 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 640293 Y: 629042 (IRENET95)
Contour fort surrounding summit of domed hill at centre of E - W running escarpment, overlooking the Linguan River and its valley. It is located 3.2km to the E of Curraghadobbin hillfort (Atlas No.0709). The site is univallate for its entire circuit and has a total site footprint of 8.4ha. There are no recorded entrance features. No evidence for any internal features on the surface. Ramparts survive well N and NW. The site has been heavily affected by commercial forestry plantation and the S half of the interior is under mature forestry. A large section of the enclosing elements at the S have been truncated by a forestry road. N half of interior under scrub and bracken growth. N half of the hillfort is depicted as an irregular field boundary in the second edition Ordnance Survey maps.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -824627 Y: 6874857 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -7.40775290314056 Latitude: 52.411404393006414 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Tipperary
Historic County: Tipperary
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Ahenny
Partially destroyed by forestry and quarrying at SE.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Woodland over S half of interior and abutting enclosing elements at NW. Interior overgrown at E and under heather throughout.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✓ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Contour fort surrounding summit of domed hill at center of E - W running escarpment. Steep break of slope to E formed by the Linguan River and its valley has created a natural break in the escarpment. The hillfort overlooks this gap.
| 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: Hilltop on E - W running escarpment.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 296.0m
Townland boundaries bisect the hillfort. The majority of the hillfort is within Ahenny townland. The remainder to the hillfort is within Curraheen, Poulmaleen and Newtown townlands.
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 |
N half of the hillfort is depicted as an irregular field boundary in the second edition Ordnance Survey maps.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1906): | Second edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey mapping. |
No evidence for any internal features on the surface. Heavy heather growth within interior.
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 | ✗ |
No obvious entrance features recorded.
| 0: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
The enclosing elements vary throughout its perimeter. The bank is a maximum 5m wide and 1m high and is composed of earth. Possible outer bank at S, 1m wide and 0.2m deep. Possible internal ditch at NE 1.2m wide and 0.9m deep. At N, there is an external, V shaped ditch 0.5m wide and 0.7m deep and a counter scarp bank 1.4m wide and 0.9m high. Enclosing elements at S has been truncated by a modern road and have been destroyed at E.
| Area 1: | 8.0ha. |
| Total: | 8.0ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 8.4ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Heavily affected by modern forestry plantation. Likely to have originally formed a complete circuit. |
| 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 |
| ✓ | Possible inner and outer ditch, however, modern forestry plantation has heavily affected the monument, and neither possible ditch forms a complete circuit. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None. |
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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