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Chapel Hill, Balladoole
Rushen, Isle of Man · Atlas IOM3222
Location
- Atlas number
- IOM3222 (3222)
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Current county or unitary authority
- Rushen
- Historic county
- Rushen
- Parish, community, or townland
- Arbory
- National Grid reference
- SC24656810
- Latitude
- 54.07889
- Longitude
- -4.68192
- Altitude
- 50 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (West); Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- parkland
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50, AD 400–800, and after AD 800
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- postholes
- Finds
- metal, human bones, and lithics
Identifiers
- HER
- Isle of Man
- National record
- record SC26NW 6; monument 300600
- Wikidata
- Q31103028
Sources
References
- Bersu, G. and Wilson, D.M. 1966. Three Viking graves in the Isle of Man, Society for Medieval Archaeology, Monograph 1, London: Society for Medieval Archaeology.