County: Mayo Site name: DUN BUNNAFAHY, DOOEGA, ACHILL ISLAND
Sites and Monuments Record No.: MA065–007 (001–002) Licence number: 09E0330
Author: Ros Ó Maoldúin, Apartment 27 Creagán, Barna, Co. na Gaillimhe.
Site type: Promontory fort
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 468612m, N 795887m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.895717, -9.999089
This excavation licence was taken out to allow phosphate sampling of topsoil by Johanna Ullrich for the purposes of her PhD studies. The sampling was carried out on a 1m grid over the extent of the promontory and did not exceed 0.15m in depth. No artefacts were discovered. Phosphate concentrations were noted but analysis is ongoing. Full details of the results will be available in Johanna’s PhD in UCD and in the report to be furnished to the DoEHLG.
