County: Mayo Site name: Dungurrough, Achillbeg
Sites and Monuments Record No.: MA065–032(1–3) Licence number: 08E0515
Author: Ros Ó Maoldúin, Archaeological Development Services, 110 Amiens Street, Dublin 13.
Site type: Promontory fort
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 470789m, N 793244m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.872532, -9.964881
This licence was one of two taken out to facilitate the taking of phosphate samples from Dun Kilmore (see No. 865 below) and Dungurrough promontory forts by Johanna Ullrich for a PhD she is pursuing with the Department of Archaeology, UCD. The samples were taken at regular points on a grid over both promontories. Areas of relatively high phosphate content were identified, mainly reflecting the visible earthworks, but others reflecting further subsurface remains. None of the levels located were deemed high enough to indicate definite areas of settlement. The full results of the work will be outlined in Johanna’s forthcoming PhD.
