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Carthage

Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1357

Location

Atlas number
IR1357 (1357)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Donegal
Historic county
Donegal
Parish, community, or townland
Carthage
Latitude
55.31680
Longitude
-7.16850
Altitude
23 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
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.32 ha
Footprint
0.45 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
east
Land use
pasture and 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 DG005-003
National record
record DG 005
Wikidata
Q31076103

Sources

References

  1. Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford