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Maughold Head

Garff, Isle of Man ยท Atlas IOM3336

Location

Atlas number
IOM3336 (3336)
Country
Isle of Man
Current county or unitary authority
Garff
Historic county
Garff
Parish, community, or townland
Maughold
National Grid reference
SC496917
Latitude
54.29872
Longitude
-4.31271
Altitude
76 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
east
Land use
scrub or bracken and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Identifiers

HER
Isle of Man 1077
Wikidata
Q31118068

Sources

References

  1. None.