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Meary Veg

Middle, Isle of Man ยท Atlas IOM4215

Location

Atlas number
IOM4215 (4215)
Country
Isle of Man
Current county or unitary authority
Middle
Historic county
Middle
Parish, community, or townland
Santon
National Grid reference
SC33647050
Latitude
54.10342
Longitude
-4.54597
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 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Identifiers

HER
Isle of Man 766
Wikidata
Q31119736

Sources

References

  1. Bersu, G. 1949. A promontory fort on the shore of Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, Antiq J, XXIX, 77-8.