Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Isle of Man 901 (None)
NMR: SC28NE 8 (30357)
SM: None
NGR: SC27518660
X: 227510 Y: 486600 (OSGB36)
Small coastal promontory fort located on NW-facing promontory c. 520m NW of Ballanayre on W coast of island. Precipitous to sea to N, W and NW, steep to stream courses on NE and SW, leaving narrow neck on E to SE where bank cuts off the promontory to 1.5m wide at top, to 1.3m internal height and to 3m external. No ditch visible, but probably ploughed-out as cultivation reaches to the bank. much erosion and slippage to site and only small part shown on 1st Ed. 1:2500 OS map of 1869. More has been lost since, especially to S of banks termination and here possible entrance site now lost. Another possible entrance site is a 2.5m wide hollowing in existing bank on E side. Site very overgrown and was queried by Ordnance Survey 1957, but shows characteristics similar to many of the small coastal promontory forts on the island of Iron Age origins and later 5th or 6th century AD, or later medieval, reuse. Minimal investigations, undated. On 1st Ed. OS map (1869).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -517507 Y: 7216874 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.648848792895034 Latitude: 54.245948872055045 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Isle of Man
Current County or Unitary Authority: Glenfaba
Historic County: Glenfaba
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: German
Much lost to erosion and slippage, continuing.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Very overgrown.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Small coastal promontory for located on NW-facing promontory c. 520m NW of Ballanayre on W coast of island. Precipitous to sea to N, W and NW, steep to stream courses on NE and SW, leaving narrow neck on E to SE.
| 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: Coastal promontory
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✓ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 15.0m
N/A
Queried by Ordnance Survey 1957, but shows characteristics similar to many of the small coastal promontory forts on the island of Iron Age origins and later 5th or 6th century AD, or later, reuse.
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 work Ordnance Survey 1955. Field visit University of Liverpool 2010.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1869): | OS map. |
| Other (1955): | OS field work. |
| Other (2010): | Field visit University of Liverpool. |
Nothing visible.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
Probably only one entrance. Two possible sites, first S of banks termination where possible entrance site now lost. Another possible entrance site is 2.5m wide hollowing in existing bank on E side.
| 1: | No actual break, more hollowing of bank. |
| 2: | One pf two possible sites. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South east): | Possible site. |
| 2. Simple Gap (East): | Possible site |
Narrow neck on E to SE where bank cuts off the promontory to 1.5m wide at top, to 1.3m internal height and to 3m external. No ditch visible, but probably ploughed-out as cultivation reaches to the bank. much erosion and slippage to site.
| Area 1: | Noneha. |
| Total: | Noneha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Internal area lost due to coastal erosion |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| 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 |
| ✗ | None visible, probably ploughed-out. |
Number of Ditches: None
| ✗ | None |
Bersu, G. 1949. A promontory fort on the shore of Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, Antiq J, XXIX, 79.
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