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Gort An Choirce
Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1050
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1050 (1050)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Gort an Choirce
- Latitude
- 55.11965
- Longitude
- -8.13232
- Altitude
- 29 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 1, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.03 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2000)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG024-012
- National record
- record DG 024
- Wikidata
- Q31075650
Sources
References
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal: A Description of the Field Antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century A.D. Donegal County Council, Donegal.