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
- Dun Ooghmore
- Coordinates
- 53.69435, -10.11270
- SMR number
- MA104-002----
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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 site has not been visited. According to Westropp (1922a 125) it is a narrow headland at the end of a chasm fenced off by a slightly curving wall six to eight feet thick and three courses high on the outside. The interior measures 78 feet by 38 feet and is featureless. Much of the site as well as a nearby ringfort were removed to build a bank along the cliff. An external fosse with a stone wall running along its base is visible from the air. The fort lies along the south coast of Inishturk.
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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.