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Promontory fort - coastal

An Uillinn, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Promontory fort - coastal, An Uillinn, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
An Uillinn
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.97247, -8.50187
SMR number
DG048-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A triangular promontory 15m long × 17m along the landward side is defended by an earthen bank .8m high and an external flat-bottomed fosse 2.8m wide and up to 1.5m deep. Two stones in the fosse suggest that it may have been revetted. A causeway 1.8m wide and slightly SW of the mid point, crossed the fosse but there is no corresponding gap in the bank. A low bank .3m high runs around most of the edge of the interior of the promontory 2m to 3m from the edge of the cliff. It fades out on the W side. The area enclosed by this bank which is almost rectangular is 12 m E-W and 8m N-S. The site is located on a steep cliff edge on the S side of Aranmore Island.

The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.

Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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