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Tycanny

Tyrone, Northern Ireland ยท Atlas NI0814

Location

Atlas number
NI0814 (814)
Country
Northern Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Tyrone
Historic county
Tyrone
Parish, community, or townland
Tycanny
Latitude
54.46773
Longitude
-7.13385
Altitude
210 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
1.3 ha
Footprint
1.38 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and hillslope
Aspect
east
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1990)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
TYR 52:29
HER
Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record TYR052:029
National record
record TYR 052
Wikidata
Q31085238

Sources