Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database TS075-039 (None)
NMR: TS 075 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 606664 Y: 627244 (IRENET95)
Contour fort on summit of steep sided hilltop. Positioned at the foothills of the E edge of the Galty Mountains with panoramic views from summit. Possibly bivallate at S and E with the inner enclosing elements forming a complete circuit. The site has a total site footprint of 2.2ha. Two possible original entrances at SE and NW comprise simple breaks in the enclosing elements. Two other breaks are probably not original features. A possible structure was recorded abutting the NW section of the enclosing elements. There is no evidence for any other internal features on the surface. The inner rampart survives well throughout but has been affected by some quarrying and is levelled at the SE. Some tree cover over enclosing elements. First map identification in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Second edition Ordnance Survey mapping was a more detailed earthwork survey.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -879656 Y: 6872172 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -7.90208214690426 Latitude: 52.39668603127211 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Tipperary
Historic County: Tipperary
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Kedrah
None
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Some tree cover on enclosing elements.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Contour fort on summit of steep sided hilltop. Positioned at the foothills of the E edge of the Galty Mountains with panoramic views from the summit.
| 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: Steep sided hilltop.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 62.0m
N/A
No dating evidence. The layout of the enclosing elements (internal ditch and external bank) may suggest that this is an Iron Age hengiform monument.
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 identification in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Second edition Ordnance Survey mapping was a more detailed earthwork survey.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842): | First edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch mapping. |
| Earthwork Survey (1906): | Second edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch mapping. |
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 | ✗ |
Four breaks in bank. Two of these are likely to be modern breaks created for cattle and by quarrying. Two other breaks may represent original entrances.
| 4: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South east): | Simple gap indicated on first and second Edition Ordnance Survey mapping. |
| 1. Simple Gap (North west): | 18m gap in enclosing element. Possible quarrying at N of this gap. |
Internal ditch 3m wide with a large external bank maximum 14m wide and 2.8m in height. A modern stone wall has been built on top of the crest of the bank at NE. Quarrying has damaged the S portion of the bank. At SE, the enclosing elements have been levelled. Large gap at NW may be the result of quarrying. A second bank feature at the SE to W is apparent in first and second edition Ordnance Survey mapping and aerial photography. This is concentric with the enclosing elements at the E and S before straightening at the W and running NW, away from the hillfort.
| Area 1: | 1.61ha. |
| Total: | 1.61ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 2.21ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | Inner enclosing elements form complete rampart. Possible outer example is apparent at the SE to W. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 2 |
| 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 |
| ✓ | Internal ditch. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | 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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