Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Isle of Man 992 (None)
NMR: SC27NW 2 (30145)
SM: None
NGR: SC21537892
X: 221530 Y: 478920 (OSGB36)
Small coastal promontory fort located NW-facing promontory to NE of Dalby Point on W coast of island. Along coast to NE of Borrane Creglea (Atlas No 4201). Uninterupted views up and down coast. Steep slopes fall to sea on N and W and steep-sided stream course on SW, give natural definition on these sides, with vestiges of rampart cutting off promontory and fields beyond on E. Interior measures c.26.5m E-W by 17.5m N-S, with estimated area 0.05ha. The site is higher than its surrounds and along E edge, and above drop to an outer ditch, is a very low and nearly imperceptible curving bank with a possible, very shallow, internal ditch. Outer ditch, formerly c. 4m wide and to 0.5m deep, but now incorporated in, and nearly destroyed by, modern boundary wall. Possible entrance where curving bank meets steep slopes on N, but very eroded and conjecture. Hollows in interior towards W end may be sites of structures. No evidence for suggested Viking longhouse. Rough grass cover and gorse. On 1st Ed. OS map (1869). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -527204 Y: 7203360 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.735951506273463 Latitude: 54.174953060186674 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Isle of Man
Current County or Unitary Authority: Glenfaba
Historic County: Glenfaba
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Patrick
Site much damaged and eroded. Outer ditch now incorporated in, and nearly destroyed by, modern boundary wall.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Rough grass and gorse.
| 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 NW-facing promontory to NE of Dalby Point on W coast of island. Steep slopes fall to sea on N and W and steep-sided stream course on SW.
| 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 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 survey J. Woodcock 1999. Field visit University of Liverpool 2010.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1869): | OS map. |
| Other (1999): | Field survey J. Woodcock. |
| Other (2010): | Field visit University of Liverpool. |
Hollows in interior towards W end may be sites of structures. No evidence for suggested Viking longhouse.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Hollows in interior towards W end may be sites of structures. No evidence for suggested Viking 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 entrance where curving bank meets steep slopes on N, but very eroded and conjecture.
| None: | Total not defined. |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North east): | Conjecture only. |
he site is higher than its surrounds and along E edge, and above drop to an outer ditch, is a very low and nearly imperceptible curving bank with a possible, very shallow, internal ditch. Outer ditch, formerly c. 4m wide and to 0.5m deep, but now incorporated in, and nearly destroyed by, modern boundary wall.
| Area 1: | 0.05ha. |
| Total: | 0.05ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Area estimated. |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 0 |
| Total: | 1 |
| 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 |
| ✓ | Nearly gone. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Bersu, G. 1949. A promontory fort on the shore of Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, Antiq J, XXIX, 77.
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