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Carrowgilhooly

Sligo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0994

Location

Atlas number
IR0994 (994)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Sligo
Historic county
Sligo
Parish, community, or townland
Carrowgilhooly
Latitude
54.25424
Longitude
-8.67831
Altitude
53 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.58 ha
Footprint
0.94 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1906)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database SL013-064
National record
record SL 013
Wikidata
Q31074918

Sources