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Greaghnaglogh

Roscommon, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1088

Location

Atlas number
IR1088 (1088)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Roscommon
Historic county
Roscommon
Parish, community, or townland
Greaghnaglogh
Latitude
54.10720
Longitude
-8.13721
Altitude
230 m

Form and condition

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

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
south
Land use
scrub or bracken and heather moorland

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 RO002-002
National record
record RO 002
Wikidata
Q31077115

Sources