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Doogort East (Achill Island)
Mayo (Achill Island), Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1720
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1720 (1720)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Mayo (Achill Island)
- Historic county
- Mayo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Doogort East
- Latitude
- 54.01510
- Longitude
- -10.01066
- Altitude
- 5 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
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.04 ha
- Footprint
- 0.06 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- coastal grassland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1839); 1st Identified Written Reference (1914)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA042-004
- National record
- record MA 042
- Wikidata
- Q31118285
Sources
References
- 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.