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Glen (Clare Island)
Mayo (Clare Island), Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1807
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1807 (1807)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Mayo (Clare Island)
- Historic county
- Mayo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Glen
- Latitude
- 53.79553
- Longitude
- -9.95868
- 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
- 0.12 ha
- Footprint
- 0.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1839); Earthwork Survey (1914)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA085-022
- National record
- record MA 085
- Wikidata
- Q31119665
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