Valley of Glencurraun with Cahercommaun fort on the cliff, Co. Clare

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Valley of Glencurraun with Cahercommaun fort on the cliff, Co. Clare

Tema

Triple walled fort
Triple stone ringfort

Beskrivelse

Lantern slide of Cahercommaun Stone Fort, Co. Clare. Originally catalogued with labels 'C3 7' and '8 Valley of Glencurraun with Cahercommaun fort on the cliff Co. Clare 1913'. The stone fort depicted is located on the edge of a steep valley. The fort lies on the edge of an inland cliff facing north overlooking the valley of Glencurraun. It has three concentric walls. The outer wall measures some 350 ft east-west by 245 ft north-south. The inner wall is about 5 ft thick and 4 ft high and rises 12 to 14 feet above the cliff. The innermost wall forms an almost complete circle while the two other walls form only a semicircle. It contains three chambers wihin the wall. The fort would have been home to roughly forty people and was built around 800 AD.

Fotograf

Sophie Hogan

Utgiver

The Discovery Programme

Dato

1913

Bidragsyter

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

Format

image/tiff

Språk

EN

Type

Image

Identifikator

Box03_006
RSAI, Lantern Slide, BOX 03

Date Created

18/03/15

Has Format

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

Is Part Of

RSAI Lantern Slide Collection

Extent

114.3mb
7559 x 7559 pixels

Medium

Lantern Slides

Spatial Coverage

Ireland
Clare
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Killinaboy
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Irish National Grid East: 21922
Irish National Grid North: 96608
Position Source: www.irish.gridreferencefinder.ie
Latitude: 53.014722
Longitude: -9.164229
Place: The burren, co. Clare Latitude: 53.0077906 Longitude: -9.00214189999997

Rights Holder

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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BOX03_006.jpg

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Sophie Hogan, “Valley of Glencurraun with Cahercommaun fort on the cliff, Co. Clare,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, besøkt March 28, 2024, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/30363.

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