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Ballygorman
Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1353
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1353 (1353)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballygorman
- Latitude
- 55.36829
- Longitude
- -7.31135
- Altitude
- 5 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 1, NW 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.03 ha
- Footprint
- 0.25 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); 1st Identified Written Reference (1939); Earthwork Survey (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG002-004
- National record
- record DG 002
- Wikidata
- Q31075853
Sources
References
- Davies, O. and Swan, H.P. 1939. The Castles of Inishowen. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 3, Vol 2, 178-208.
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford