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Santon Burn
Middle, Isle of Man · Atlas IOM4199
Location
- Atlas number
- IOM4199 (4199)
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Current county or unitary authority
- Middle
- Historic county
- Middle
- Parish, community, or townland
- Santon
- National Grid reference
- SC29736949
- Latitude
- 54.09307
- Longitude
- -4.60514
- Altitude
- 15 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 1, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- AD 400–800
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1999); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1866-1869); Other (2010-2011)
Identifiers
- HER
- Isle of Man 748
- Wikidata
- Q31119721
Sources
References
- Bersu, G. 1949. A promontory fort on the shore of Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, Antiq J, XXIX, 62-79.