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Doogort East (Achill Island)
Mayo (Achill Island), Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1719
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1719 (1719)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Mayo (Achill Island)
- Historic county
- Mayo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Doogort East
- Latitude
- 54.01502
- Longitude
- -10.00944
- Altitude
- 5 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.03 ha
- Footprint
- 0.08 ha
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- north
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1839); Earthwork Survey (1914); Other (1999)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA042-005
- National record
- record MA 042
- Wikidata
- Q31118281
Sources
References
- Casey, M. 1999 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland. A survey of counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Westropp, T.J. 1914. The promontory forts and early remains of islands of Connacht. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 297-337.