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Cronk Sumark
Ayre, Isle of Man ยท Atlas IOM3220
Cronk Sumark is a partial contour fort in Lezayre, Ayre, Isle of Man.
It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form and surface evidence of earthen bank and vitrification.
Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.
The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 76 m.
The aspect is recorded as level.
Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.
Location
- Atlas number
- IOM3220 (3220)
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Current county or unitary authority
- Ayre
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Lezayre
- National Grid reference
- SC392941
- Latitude
- 54.31710
- Longitude
- -4.47366
- Altitude
- 76 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 4, SE 2, SW 2, NW 3
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and vitrification
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Identifiers
- HER
- Isle of Man 450
- Wikidata
- Q31118044
Sources
References
- Cotton, M.A. 1954. Vitrified forts and the camp on Cronk Sumark, with supplementary notes by B.R.S. Megaw, Proc Isle of Man Nat Hist Antiq Soc, 5.2, 189-194.