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Muckelty
Sligo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1004
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1004 (1004)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Sligo
- Historic county
- Sligo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Muckelty
- Latitude
- 54.07906
- Longitude
- -8.69124
- Altitude
- 196 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.28 ha
- Footprint
- 0.35 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- commercial forestry and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1906); 1st Identified Written Reference (1991); LiDAR Survey (2005)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database SL032-169
- National record
- record SL 032
- Wikidata
- Q31074992
Sources
References
- Condit, T., Gibbons, M. and Timoney, M. Hillforts in Sligo and Leitrim. Emania (9) 59-62.
- Egan, U. Byrne, E. and Sleeman, M. 2005. Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo. Dublin Stationary Office, Dublin.