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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: CahercommaunCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Clare Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kilfenora
Map Ref: R282965
Discovery Map Number: D51
Latitude: 53.014693N Longitude: 9.070528W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A triple-walled stone Fort dramatically situated on the edge of a cliff, all three of its concentric walls abutting the cliff edge. It was built around 800 AD. The outer wall measures 350 ft East-West by 245 ft North-South. The second rampart is 5' thick by about 4' high and around 30' from the inner caher. The enclosure had at least twelve stone buildings at varying times and a number of these had soutterrains
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