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Townparks

Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1467

Location

Atlas number
IR1467 (1467)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Donegal
Historic county
Donegal
Parish, community, or townland
Townparks
Latitude
54.50275
Longitude
-8.20234
Altitude
5 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.17 ha
Footprint
0.27 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1913); Earthwork Survey (1983)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG107-052001
National record
record DG 107
Wikidata
Q31076902

Sources

References

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