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Illion
Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1407
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1407 (1407)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Illion
- Latitude
- 54.97248
- Longitude
- -8.50187
- Altitude
- 7 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
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.02 ha
- Footprint
- 0.03 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- south
- 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 DG048-002
- National record
- record DG 048
- Wikidata
- Q31076661
Sources
References
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford