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Vowlan
Ayre, Isle of Man ยท Atlas IOM4223
Location
- Atlas number
- IOM4223 (4223)
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Current county or unitary authority
- Ayre
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Lezayre
- National Grid reference
- SC45099578
- Latitude
- 54.33401
- Longitude
- -4.38406
- Altitude
- 15 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- after AD 800
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- postholes and rectangular structures
- Finds
- animal bones and environmental material
Identifiers
- HER
- Isle of Man 229
- Wikidata
- Q31118061
Sources
References
- Bersu, G. 1949. A promontory fort on the shore of Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, Antiq J, XXIX, 62-79.