Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA021-008001 (None)
NMR: WA 021 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 612106 Y: 601739 (IRENET95)
Oval multiple enclosure with a total site footprint of approximately 12.8ha positioned on the summit and W slopes of hill spur overlooking Glenshelane River and valley to immediate W. Trivallate hillfort with widely spaced enclosing elements. Two possible entrance features in the middle enclosing elements at N and E comprising simple breaks in the ramparts. Early medieval souterrain within interior. No other evidence for internal features on the surface. First map depiction in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Site survey by Fitzgerald (1845). Earthwork survey in second edition Ordnance Survey mapping.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -870856 Y: 6830440 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -7.823035745979375 Latitude: 52.16734094588086 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Waterford
Historic County: Waterford
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Cluttahina
A possible unrecorded outer enclosure in visible in aerial photography. This substantially increases the size of the multiple enclosure.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✓ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
None
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Oval multiple enclosure surrounding summit and W slopes of broad E-W spur overlooking Glenshelane River and valley to immediate W.
| 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: Hill spur.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✓ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 190.0m
N/A
None.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | Early Medieval Souterrain. |
First map depiction in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Site survey by Fitzgerald (1845). Earthwork survey in second edition Ordnance Survey mapping.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842): | First edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey mapping. |
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1854): | Site visit by FitzGerald |
| Earthwork Survey (1906): | Second edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey mapping. |
| Other (1999): | Moore 1999 |
Early Medieval souterrain at the centre of the fort. No other evidence for any internal features on the surface.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Souterrain at centre
| 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 | ✗ |
There are two entrance gaps in the middle enclosing elements, both comprising a simple break in the bank.
| 2: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North): | None |
| 2. Simple Gap (East): | None |
The site was visited by FitzGerald in 1854. He described the site as having three banks and ditches. The inner and middle enclosing elements are visible today and are recorded in historic mapping. The outer enclosing element is apparent in aerial photographs. The inner enclosing elements comprise an earthen bank up to 8m wide with an external ditch (Moore 1999). The middle enclosing elements consist of an earthen bank 5m in maximum width and 1m in height and has some stone facing at the NE (Moore 1999). The outer enclosing element is visible as a cropmark.
| Area 1: | 0.16ha. |
| Area 2: | 0.63ha. |
| Area 3: | 12.53ha. |
| Total: | 12.53ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 12.8ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | The enclosing elements likely formed a complete circuit. |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SE Quadrant: | 3 |
| SW Quadrant: | 3 |
| NW Quadrant: | 3 |
| Total: | 3 |
| 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 |
| ✓ | External ditches. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None. |
Fitzgerald, E. 1854. On St Declan's Oratory at Ardmore, County of Waterford, and the old Irish inscription built into its east end. Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 223 - 231.
Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological Inventory of Co. Waterford. The Stationary Office, Dublin.
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