Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Isle of Man 999 (None)
NMR: None (None)
SM: None
NGR: SC 2116 7802
X: 221165 Y: 478039 (OSGB36)
Small coastal promontory fort located on W-facing promontory just N of Elby Point and Niarbyl island. Dalby Point to N. On W coast of island. Along coast to SW of Borrane Ballelby (Atlas No 4202).Steep slopes fall to rocks and sea below on N, S and W sides. Triangular shape measuring c. 15m E-W by 25m N-S. Ramparts on landward E. Raised interior has low, curving, defining bank running along E and N sides, further defined by substantial ditch and additional rampart on E, with the outer bank swinging round to W on the S side. Now very eroded, especially inner bank, and affected by field boundary on E. Possible original entrance visible as c. 3m wide gap in banks. Norse-type longhouse thought in interior (not visible) and typology suggests reoccupation of earlier Iron Age fort in 5th or 6th century AD, simlar to Cass ny Hawin (Atlas No 3343 ), Cronk ny Merriu (Atlas No 3224 ) and Close ny chollagh (Atlas No 3223) small coastal promontory forts. Grassy interior, overgrown in part. Minimal investigations, undated. On 1st Ed. OS map (1869).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -527767 Y: 7201832 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.741013540747253 Latitude: 54.166916977740485 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Isle of Man
Current County or Unitary Authority: Glenfaba
Historic County: Glenfaba
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Patrick
Damaged. Banks gone in part.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Grassy interior, overgrown in part.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
Small coastal promontory fort located on W-facing promontory just to N of Dalby Point on W coast of island. Steep slopes fall to rocks and sea below on N, S and W sides.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✓ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✓ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Promontory
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✓ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 15.0m
N/A
Typology and possible longhouse suggests possible Iron Age site reoccupied in 5th or 6th century AD.
Reliability: C - Low
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✓ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✓ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1869). Field visit University of Liverpool 2010.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1869): | OS map. |
| Other (2010): | University of Liverpool. |
| Other (2015): | Visited by Hillfort Study Group |
Norse-type longhouse.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Norse-type longhouse.
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✓ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Possible original entrance visible as c. 3m wide gap in banks.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (East): | None |
Defences on landward E. Raised interior has low, curving, defining bank running along E and N sides, further defined by substantial ditch and additional rampart on E, with the outer bank swinging round to W on the S side.
| Area 1: | Noneha. |
| Total: | Noneha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Area not defined. |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 0 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Visible in part. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Archaeological Commission 1876 MSS.
Bersu, G. 1949. A promontory fort on the shore of Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, Antiq J, XXIX, 77-8.
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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