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Ballynakilly (Inch Island)
Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1355
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1355 (1355)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballynakilly
- Latitude
- 55.05764
- Longitude
- -7.51473
- Altitude
- 18 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
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.05 ha
- Footprint
- 0.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1913); Earthwork Survey (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG037-020
- National record
- record DG 037
- Wikidata
- Q31076005
Sources
References
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford