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Gortnatraw North (Gort Na Trá)
Donegal, Republic of Ireland · Atlas IR1406
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1406 (1406)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Gortnatraw North
- Latitude
- 55.23713
- Longitude
- -7.75881
- Altitude
- 17 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
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 1 ha
- Footprint
- 1.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (1983); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840-1849)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG008-009
- National record
- record DG 008
- Wikidata
- Q31076631
Sources
References
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford