In Retrospect: A centennial look at Thomas J. Westropp's field records of the promontory forts of north County Mayo

Examines the contents of a paper published in the 1911 edition of the "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy" by Thomas J Westropp titled "Notes on the larger cliff forts of the west coast of County Mayo." Comments on Westropp's contributions to early 20th-century knowledge...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C, Archaeology, Celtic studies, History, Linguistics, Literature Archaeology, Celtic studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, 2012-01, Vol.112C (1), p.361-372
Main Author: Cotter, Claire
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeological excavation
Archaeological surveys
Cliffs
Ditches
Excavations
Forts
Historical archaeology
Photographic plates
Promontories
Scholarly publishing
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Summary:Examines the contents of a paper published in the 1911 edition of the "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy" by Thomas J Westropp titled "Notes on the larger cliff forts of the west coast of County Mayo." Comments on Westropp's contributions to early 20th-century knowledge of the archaeology, architecture and history of Irish promontory forts. Notes Westropp's discovery of numerous unrecorded forts. Discusses the author's subsequent articles on the topic.
ISSN:0035-8991
2009-0048
2009-0048
DOI:10.1353/ria.2012.0005