Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database MA123-041001 (None)
NMR: MA 123 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 525370 Y: 751418 (IRENET95)
Multiple enclosure on S shoulder of hilltop, surrounding summit and overlooking Black River to E. The hillfort has a total foot print of approximately 2.3ha. Bivallate for most of its circuit with widely spaced enclosing elements on average 40m apart. Ordnance Survey mapping indicates two small gaps in inner enclosing element to N and SSW and three gaps in the outer bank to the N, E and W. It cannot be determined if these are original or later features. A possible hut structure was recorded within the interior of the inner enclosing element. No other information relating to this structure available. Inner enclosing element largely levelled. Outer enclosing element survives well throughout its circuit. Some tree cover to N of interior. First map depiction in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. More detailed earthwork survey in second edition Ordnance Survey mapping.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -1015797 Y: 7077419 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -9.12506008481832 Latitude: 53.50744916424289 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Mayo
Historic County: Mayo
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Brodullagh South
The outer enclosing element survives well for much of its circuit. The inner enclosing feature has been destroyed at the E, S and W.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
N section of interior under patches of forestry and heavy scrub.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Multiple enclosure on S shoulder of level hilltop, surrounding low summit and overlooking Black River to E. Panoramic views from summit.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✓ |
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Large flat summit of low-lying hill.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 52.0m
The hillfort is bisected by the townland boundaries of Brodullagh South and Cahermore.
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
No dating evidence.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
Depicted in first and second edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch and 25 inch mapping. These sources indicate that the SE section of the inner enclosing element was destroyed prior to first edition mapping in 1842.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842): | First edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch mapping. |
| Earthwork Survey (1906): | Second edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch mapping. |
Possible hut site recorded inside the inner enclosing element of the hillfort. No information regarding the size and morphology of the possible structure available.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Hut structure. No information regarding the size and morphology of the possible structure available.
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
NO APPARENT FEATURES
| APs Not Checked | ✗ |
| None | ✓ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Ordnance Survey mapping indicates small breaks in the inner enclosing elements to the N and SSW and in the outer enclosing feature to the N, E and W. It is unknown if these are original or later features.
| 5: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
Circular area defined by two widely spaced enclosing elements separated by approximately 43m apart. Ordnance Survey mapping and aerial photography suggest that the inner enclosing elements comprise a circular bank approximately 5m in average width, measuring 75m in diameter, with no recorded ditch feature. This bank is no longer visible to the E, S and W. The outer enclosing elements are much larger, consisting of a circular stone bank, on average 12m in width and measuring approximately 180m in diameter. There is no indication of an associated ditch feature.
| Area 1: | 0.59ha. |
| Area 2: | 2.03ha. |
| Total: | 2.03ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 2.35ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | Ordnance Survey mapping indicates the the inner enclosure was more extant than present. There is no indication that this enclosure continued in the SE. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 2 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Aerial photography suggests the enclosing elements of the hillfort consisted of stone rubble walls.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✓ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None. |
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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