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Promontory fort - coastal

Inishgort, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Promontory fort - coastal, Inishgort, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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