Английская Википедия:Ballynavenooragh
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Ballynavenooragh (Шаблон:IPAc-en) (Шаблон:Lga)[1] is a stone fort and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland.[2]
Location
Ballynavenooragh lies on the Dingle Peninsula, Шаблон:Convert north of Dingle town, on the western slopes of Mount Brandon. The broader Ballynavenooragh group comprises 40 ringforts, 24 clocháns and 2 cillíní.[2]
History
This cashel (stone fort, Шаблон:Convert internal diameter[3]) was in use in the 7th–10th centuries, with later reuse in the 13th century.[4] It is similar to the cashel at Leacanabuaile.[5]
It was excavated by Erin Gibbons in the late 1990s. A pit containing organic remains was found — apple, blackberry, hazelnut and grape seeds. Also found were stone tools, pottery, iron knives, a blue glass bead, crucible fragments, two 13th-century coins (silver pennies of Henry III)[6] and two lathe-turned objects.[1] Alder and willow were used for posts, apparently due to a lack of oak in the region.[7]
Structures
The cashel contains two clocháns, a fireplace, souterrain and several postholes, and stepped terracing. The gateposts are formed by upright slabs.[8] An oblong chamber in the souterrain is Шаблон:Convert long.[9]
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