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Mullagh

Cavan, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1060

Location

Atlas number
IR1060 (1060)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Cavan
Historic county
Cavan
Parish, community, or townland
Mullagh
Latitude
53.81645
Longitude
-6.97077
Altitude
121 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.5 ha
Footprint
0.51 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1947); Other (1995)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CV040-042
National record
record CV 040
Wikidata
Q31083686

Sources

References

  1. O'Donovan, P. 1995. Archaeological Survey of County Carlow. The Stationary Office, Dublin.
  2. Davis, O. 1947. The castles of County Cavan: part 1. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 10, 73-100.