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Mullaghmore
Sligo, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR2312
Location
- Atlas number
- IR2312 (2312)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Sligo
- Historic county
- Sligo
- Parish, community, or townland
- Mullaghmore
- Latitude
- 54.45982
- Longitude
- -8.47218
- Altitude
- 4 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
- 0.07 ha
- Footprint
- 0.08 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1999)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database SL002-005
- National record
- record SL 002
- Wikidata
- Q31075467
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.