Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Inishgort, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishgort
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59621, -10.26262
- SMR number
- GA009D046----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the S end of Inishgort island. This possible promontory fort was recorded by Mr. M. Gibbons. A low-lying promontory is cut off from the rest of the island by a rampart consisting of a low grassed-over stone wall (L 120m; Wth 2m; H 0.5m). The rampart runs across the island from W to E and separates the higher N two-thirds of it from the lower S part. No trace of a ditch is evident. The promontory itself is now almost cut through by rising sea levels and frequent storm surges, and extensive storm beaches along its W and E sides have almost merged, apart from a central strip of vegetation between them, and the S tip is almost completely cut off. A cashel (GA009D047001-) and midden (GA009D048----) lie c. 42m and c. 73m to the S respectively.
The following image has been uploaded courtesy of Mr. M. Gibbons: GA009D046----.pdf
Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by Mr. M. Gibbons
Date of upload: 7 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.