Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Ballyheer, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyheer
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69052, -10.13021
- SMR number
- MA104-001----
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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
A promontory fort can be seen from the air lying along the south coast of Inishturk. The area is one of rough grazing and outcropping rock. A west facing headland measuring about 60m long by 40m wide shows faint traces of having been defended on its landward side by a bank and fosse. It was not visited on the ground.
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.