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Carthage

Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1359

Location

Atlas number
IR1359 (1359)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Donegal
Historic county
Donegal
Parish, community, or townland
Carthage
Latitude
55.30605
Longitude
-7.15960
Altitude
45 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
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.12 ha
Footprint
0.14 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1983)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG005-005
National record
record DG 005
Wikidata
Q31076140

Sources

References

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