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Burroo Ned

Rushen, Isle of Man ยท Atlas IOM3228

Location

Atlas number
IOM3228 (3228)
Country
Isle of Man
Current county or unitary authority
Rushen
Historic county
Rushen
Parish, community, or townland
Rushen
National Grid reference
SC17656645
Latitude
54.06165
Longitude
-4.78779
Altitude
50 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
north
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures and rectangular stone structures
Investigations
Other (1955); Other (1995); Other (1999); Other (2015); Other (2010-2011)

Identifiers

HER
Isle of Man 176
National record
record SC16NE 14
Wikidata
Q31103073

Sources

References

  1. Bersu, G. 1949. A promontory fort on the shore of Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, Antiq J, XXIX, 79.