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Westquarter (An Cheathr– Iartharach)
Westquarter (Inishbofin), Republic of Ireland · Atlas IR1117
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1117 (1117)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Westquarter (Inishbofin)
- Historic county
- Galway
- Parish, community, or townland
- Galway
- Latitude
- 53.61125
- Longitude
- -10.23199
- Altitude
- 1 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
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.07 ha
- Footprint
- 0.07 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); Earthwork Survey (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database GA009D027
- National record
- record GA 009
- Wikidata
- Q31120118
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