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Dundermot

Roscommon, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1099

Location

Atlas number
IR1099 (1099)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Roscommon
Historic county
Roscommon
Parish, community, or townland
Dundermot
Latitude
53.70016
Longitude
-8.45882
Altitude
57 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant and 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
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.28 ha
Footprint
0.34 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1996)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database RO034-023
National record
record RO 034
Wikidata
Q31077576

Sources