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Ballyglass (An Baile Glas)
Mayo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1856
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1856 (1856)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Mayo
- Historic county
- Mayo
- Parish, community, or townland
- An Baile Glas
- Latitude
- 54.26631
- Longitude
- -9.88945
- Altitude
- 6 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.08 ha
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- northeast
- Land use
- heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA010-008
- National record
- record MA 010
- Wikidata
- Q31073545
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway