Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record TYR023:016 (None)
NMR: TYR 023 (None)
SM: TYR 23:16
NGR: None
X: 621947 Y: 880185 (IRENET95)
Multiple enclosure surrounding summit at the NE end of a hill ridge overlooking the Derg river valley to N. The site has a total footprint of approximately 1.55ha. It comprises an inner enclosure approximately 50m in diameter within a collapsed stone wall 1m high, which may be an Early Medieval ringfort (Chart 1940, 228) and eccentric outer oval enclosure with a bank 5m wide and 0.5m high. To the NNW a third enclosure is visible apparently springing from the oval enclosure on the W & NE respectively. There are a number of entrance breaks in all three of the enclosing elements, although it is unknown if any of these are original. At least three rectangular houses are apparent within the interior. Ramparts survive well throughout their circuit. Outer rampart partly levelled on the N. The complex layout of the enclosing elements may suggest that they are not contemporary (Chart 1940, 228).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -852682 Y: 7297954 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -7.6597764248084825 Latitude: 54.669340405208736 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Northern Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Tyrone
Historic County: Tyrone
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Termonamonga
None
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
None
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✓ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Multiple enclosure surrounding summit at the NE end of a hill ridge overlooking the Derg river valley to N. Panoramic views from the summit.
| 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: Hill ridge.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 202.0m
N/A
No dating evidence.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
Monument survey by Chart (1940, 228).
| Other (1940): | Monument survey. |
| Earthwork Survey (1986): | Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record |
At least three rectangular houses are apparent within the interior.
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 | ✗ |
NO APPARENT FEATURES
| APs Not Checked | ✗ |
| None | ✓ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Six breaks in the enclosing elements. A single break in the inner enclosing element comprises a simple but wide break in the bank at the W. Three breaks in the middle enclosing elements at the S, SW and W comprise simple gaps. Two breaks in the outer enclosing elements consist of simple gaps in the bank. It is not known if any of these entrances are original.
| 6: | Large gaps rather than entrances |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
Enclosure approximately 50m in diameter is surrounded by a collapsed stone wall 1m high. This may be an Early Medieval ringfort (Chart 1940, 228), surrounded eccentrically by an oval bank 5m wide and 0.5m high. To the NNW is a third enclosing feature which joins the oval enclosure on the W & NE respectively.
| Area 1: | 0.19ha. |
| Area 2: | 0.62ha. |
| Area 3: | 1.5ha. |
| Total: | 1.5ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 1.55ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 3 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 3 |
| Total: | 3 |
| 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 |
| ✗ | No obvious ditch features recorded. |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None. |
Chart, D. 1940. A Preliminary Survey of the Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland. H.M. Stationery office, Belfast.
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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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