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Errarooey More (Oirear Dhumhaí Mór)
Donegal, Republic of Ireland · Atlas IR1390
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1390 (1390)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Errarooey More
- Latitude
- 55.16585
- Longitude
- -8.06268
- Altitude
- 15 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 1, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.04 ha
- Footprint
- 0.06 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG015-020
- National record
- record DG 015
- Wikidata
- Q31076514
Sources
References
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford