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Dunmill

Antrim, Northern Ireland ยท Atlas NI0808

Location

Atlas number
NI0808 (808)
Country
Northern Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Antrim
Historic county
Antrim
Parish, community, or townland
Ballywillin
Latitude
55.17310
Longitude
-6.60502
Altitude
125 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1.32 ha
Footprint
1.43 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and hillslope
Aspect
east
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken
Water source
well or cistern

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Investigations
Other (1886); Other (1940); Other (1993)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
ANT 6:4
HER
Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record ANT006:004
National record
record ANT 006
Wikidata
Q31083747

Sources

References

  1. Chart, D. 1940. A Preliminary Survey of the Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland. H.M. Stationery office, Belfast.