Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database SL015-082 (None)
NMR: SL 015 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 575388 Y: 834396 (IRENET95)
Rectangular inland promontory fort with a total site footprint of approximately 0.2ha is positioned on the N shore of Lough Gill and is defined by the lake at the E, S and W. A neck of land at the NW connects the fort to the mainland. The inner defences comprise a modified natural scarp, with an entrance on the N where steps have been cut into the outcrop. Outside this line a thin robbed wall with an external ditch traverses the promontory from ENE to WSW, and this is broken by an entrance comprising a simple gap. A small rectangular structure and a circular flat topped mound lie within the interior of the fort. Interior under mature forestry. First map depiction in the second edition Ordnance Survey maps.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -932604 Y: 7219133 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -8.377727656263687 Latitude: 54.25780105226023 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Sligo
Historic County: Sligo
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Clogher Beg
None
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
None
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Inland promontory fort on S face slope, projecting S from the N shoreline of Lough Gill. The fort is defined by the lake at the E, S and W. The neck of land at the N that connects the fort to the mainland is protected by a modified natural scarp and bank and ditch running roughly E-W across the promontory.
| 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: Promontory.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✓ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 8.0m
N/A
None.
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 |
First map depiction in the second edition Ordnance Survey maps.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1906): | Second edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch mapping. |
| Other (2003): | Visit recorded in the National Record |
Rectangular structure comprising a 3.2m by 1.2m area defined by a row of stones. Circular flat-topped mound approximately 1.8m in height located near center of interior.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
One rectangular structure. Flat topped mound.
| 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 | ✗ |
The internal enclosing elements have a single entrance comprising a series of steps quarried from the exposed rock face at N. This feature is approximately 5m wide and is roughly lined with slabs on either side. The outer enclosing elements also have a single entrance at the N consisting of a simple 2m wide break in the enclosing elements.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | Through each line |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Other Forms (North): | Steps quarried into natural rock outcrop. |
| 2. Simple Gap (North): | None |
Rectangular area of rock outcrop protected by the waters of Lough Gill at E, S and W. On the NW, where the neck connects to the mainland, the inner defences comprise a modified natural scarp up to 4m in external height and nearly vertical in plan. The footings of an outer wall also traverse the neck over a distance of 40m, forming a rubble bank that is 0.4m in height. An external ditch 3.5m wide and 0.3m deep is also apparent. It is positioned approximately 9m outside of the internal enclosing element.
| Area 1: | 0.15ha. |
| Total: | 0.15ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.18ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Internal enclosing element is modified natural scarp. External enclosing elements comprises the footings for a robbed out stone bank and external ditch.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Ditch accompanies the outer wall |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | 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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