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Curragh (An Curragh)
Galway, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1095
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1095 (1095)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Galway
- Historic county
- Galway
- Parish, community, or townland
- Curragh
- Latitude
- 53.60303
- Longitude
- -10.04988
- Altitude
- 6 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.11 ha
- Footprint
- 0.27 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); 1st Identified Written Reference (1922); Earthwork Survey (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database GA009-012
- National record
- record GA 009
- Wikidata
- Q31069217
Sources
References
- Gosling, P. 1993. The Archaeological Inventory of County Galway: Vol 1, 28-31.Stationary Office, Dublin.
- Lynam, E. W. 1922. Prehistoric monuments at Rinvyle, Co. Galway. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 12, 166.