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Beagh

Roscommon, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1093

Location

Atlas number
IR1093 (1093)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Roscommon
Historic county
Roscommon
Parish, community, or townland
Beagh
Latitude
53.73374
Longitude
-8.47092
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 2, NW 0
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Footprint
0.22 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2007)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database RO026-054
National record
record RO 026
Wikidata
Q31077268

Sources