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Pig Island
Mayo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1859
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1859 (1859)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Mayo
- Historic county
- Mayo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Pig Island
- Latitude
- 54.33272
- Longitude
- -9.72004
- Altitude
- 14 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Footprint
- 4.21 ha
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- north, northeast, and northwest
- Land use
- coastal grassland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA001-003
- National record
- record MA 001
- Wikidata
- Q31073714
Sources