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Clogher Beg

Sligo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1105

Location

Atlas number
IR1105 (1105)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Sligo
Historic county
Sligo
Parish, community, or townland
Clogher Beg
Latitude
54.25780
Longitude
-8.37773
Altitude
8 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
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.15 ha
Footprint
0.18 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Other Forms (North); Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
south
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1906); Other (2003)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database SL015-082
National record
record SL 015
Wikidata
Q31075035

Sources