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Mullaghcor
Sligo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1006
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1006 (1006)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Sligo
- Historic county
- Sligo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Mullaghcor
- Latitude
- 54.07466
- Longitude
- -8.49124
- Altitude
- 121 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.22 ha
- Footprint
- 0.44 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South); Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (1991); Other (2005)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database SL033-149001
- National record
- record SL 033
- Wikidata
- Q31075011
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.