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Croaghross
Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1363
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1363 (1363)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Croaghross
- Latitude
- 55.21754
- Longitude
- -7.60639
- Altitude
- 1 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
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.86 ha
- Footprint
- 1.18 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
- Water source
- well or cistern
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- rectangular stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); Earthwork Survey (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG018-001
- National record
- record DG 018
- Wikidata
- Q31076187
Sources
References
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford