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Doontrusk

Mayo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1081

Location

Atlas number
IR1081 (1081)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Mayo
Historic county
Mayo
Parish, community, or townland
Doontrusk
Latitude
53.91248
Longitude
-9.57465
Altitude
4 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
6.07 ha
Footprint
6.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Other (1906)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA067-054
National record
record MA 067
Wikidata
Q31072212

Sources