Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Inis Gé Theas, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Gé Theas
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10449, -10.23575
- SMR number
- MA023-030----
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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
This possible site lies on a W-facing headland along the southwestern shore of Inishkea South, in an area of rough hilly pasture. The headland is flanked by sea rocks to the S and a deep chasm to the N. It is overlooked by higher ground to the N. The triangular headland is cut off from the mainland by an irregular scarp 0.5m high and 80m long. This may be the remains of a bank or wall. The interior is featureless and is strewn with rocks. About 10m to the E stands a cairn of stones. A line of hachuring crosses the neck of the headland on the OS maps, but the site is not named.
These descriptions are derived from the MA thesis of Markus Casey 1999 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland. A survey of counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Date of upload: 5 December 2018
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
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- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.