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Ballyheer (Inishturk)
Mayo (Inishturk), Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1812
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1812 (1812)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Mayo (Inishturk)
- Historic county
- Mayo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Bayyheer
- Latitude
- 53.69435
- Longitude
- -10.11270
- Altitude
- 10 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.03 ha
- Footprint
- 0.03 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 Written Reference (1914)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA104-002
- National record
- record MA 104
- Wikidata
- Q31119686
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