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Errew

Mayo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1078

Location

Atlas number
IR1078 (1078)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Mayo
Historic county
Mayo
Parish, community, or townland
Errew
Latitude
54.05361
Longitude
-9.26287
Altitude
11 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 0, SE 1, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
13.86 ha
Footprint
14.27 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA038-129006
National record
record MA 038
Wikidata
Q31071994

Sources