Westropp — Larger Cliff Forts of West Coast of Co. Maijo. 29 



Dun Kilmoee (0. S. 75). 



The most complex of the Irish promontory forts, save Doon-Eask Fort 

 near Dmgle/ is " Dnn Kiluole," or Dim Kihnore, on Achillbeg Island. It is 

 most remarkable that snch a work escaped the notice of the Surveyors ; 

 neither it nor the name appears on the Ordnance Maps. It shows how 

 unfavourably the determination to dispense with antiquarian aid has affected 

 the Survey from a national point of view, when such forts as Dunroe, Forth, 

 Dun Fiachra, Doon Castle, and Doonaunmore promontory forts are absent 

 from " authoritative maps," and others like Dunabrattin, Ferriter's Castle, 

 Meenacarroge, Brumore, Dundahlin, and Doonegall have only recently been 

 marked ; but the surveyors are hardly blamable. 



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Fio. 4. — Dun Kilraore, Achillbeg, Co. Mayo. 



C-d.Si e-/, are identical. 



The fort, or series of fortifications, stands on three low headlands west- 

 ward from the Scalp or low valley through the Islet. 



At the landward end we first find a fosse 10 feet wide and rarely over 



1 Jourual Roy. Soc. AiUitiq. Ir., vol. xl,, p. 281. 



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