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Purt ny Ceebagh

Middle, Isle of Man · Atlas IOM4216

Location

Atlas number
IOM4216 (4216)
Country
Isle of Man
Current county or unitary authority
Middle
Historic county
Middle
Parish, community, or townland
Santon
National Grid reference
SC31957033
Latitude
54.10135
Longitude
-4.57170
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 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 400–800
Dating reliability
C - Low

Identifiers

HER
Isle of Man 762
Wikidata
Q31119741

Sources

References

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