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Westquarter (An Cheathr– Iartharach)
Galway (Inishbofin), Republic of Ireland · Atlas IR1113
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1113 (1113)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Galway (Inishbofin)
- Historic county
- Galway
- Parish, community, or townland
- Westquarter
- Latitude
- 53.61951
- Longitude
- -10.25669
- Altitude
- 18 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 1, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.76 ha
- Footprint
- 0.83 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Other Forms (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); 1st Identified Written Reference (1911); Earthwork Survey (1914); Other (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database GA009D024
- National record
- record GA 009
- Wikidata
- Q31119621
Sources
References
- Gosling, P. 1993. The Archaeological Inventory of County Galway: Vol 1, 28-31.Stationary Office, Dublin
- Westropp, T.J. 1914. Promontory forts of the Islands of Connacht. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 333