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Conach R_Idh

Mayo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1620

Location

Atlas number
IR1620 (1620)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Mayo
Historic county
Mayo
Parish, community, or townland
Conaghra
Latitude
54.31841
Longitude
-9.50101
Altitude
20 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
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
7.38 ha
Footprint
7.75 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1839); Earthwork Survey (1912)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA006-001001
National record
record MA 006
Wikidata
Q31072328

Sources

References

  1. Westropp, T.J. 1912. The promontory forts and early remains of the coasts of County Mayo. Part 1- The north coast (Tirawley and Erris). The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 42, 59-139.