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Ballygorman
Donegal, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR4350
Location
- Atlas number
- IR4350 (4350)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Donegal
- Historic county
- Donegal
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ballygorman
- Latitude
- 55.36881
- Longitude
- -7.31765
- Altitude
- 2 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.03 ha
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); 1st Identified Written Reference (1939); Other (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database DG002-001
- National record
- record DG 002
- Wikidata
- Q31076920
Sources
References
- Davies, O. and Swan, H.P. 1939. The Castles of Inishowen. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 3, Vol 2, 178-208.
- Lacey, B. 1983. Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Lifford