Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record FER190:028 (None)
NMR: FER 190 (None)
SM: FER190:028
NGR: H0709051350
X: 607039 Y: 851351 (IRENET95)
Sub-triangular inland promontory fort strategically located on a topographically dominant knoll rising from a boggy valley to W. There are excellent views from the site, particularly to the N, E towards Lower Lough Erne and SE, which overlooks a river valley. Higher cliffs to the S partially obstruct visibility in this direction. The strong natural position of the site, which is defended on the N, E and S sides by steep cliffs, was augmented by the construction of a bank at the W. This measures approximately 50m in length. It is best preserved at its centre, where it comprises a bank up to 6m wide and 2m in external height (1m in internal height). There is no obvious ditch associated with this feature. An entrance is apparent at the northern end of this bank and this simple gap measures 2.75m wide. There are no obvious features visible on the surface within the interior. There have been no archaeological investigations of this hillfort. It was recorded recently by the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record, and is not apparent on any ancient mapping such as the Ordnance Survey.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -878485 Y: 7248323 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -7.891569102947098 Latitude: 54.41069215819586 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Northern Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Fermanagh
Historic County: Fermanagh
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Devenish
The enclosing elements are relatively well preserved.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
The site is currently under pasture.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✓ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Sub-triangular inland promontory fort strategically located on a topographically dominant knoll rising from a boggy valley to W. Excellent views to the N, E towards Lower Lough Erne and SE, which overlooks a river valley. Higher cliffs to the S partially obstruct visibility in this direction.
| 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: Hilltop.
| North | ✓ |
| Northeast | ✓ |
| East | ✓ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✓ |
| Northwest | ✓ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 209.0m
N/A
None.
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 |
There have been no archaeological investigations of this hillfort. It was recorded recently by the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record, and is not apparent on any ancient mapping such as the Ordnance Survey.
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1996): | Description in Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record |
No obvious features visible on the surface.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
No obvious feature apparent on the surface or in aerial photographs.
| 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 | ✗ |
At the northern end of the enclosing elements, a simple break measures 2.75m wide.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (West): | At the northern end of the enclosing elements, a simple break measures 2.75m wide. |
The strong natural position of the site, which is defended on the N, E and S sides by steep cliffs, was augmented by the construction of a bank at the W. This measures approximately 50m in length. It is best preserved at its centre, where it comprises a bank up to 6m wide and 2m in external height (1m in internal height). There is no obvious ditch associated with this feature.
| Area 1: | 0.2ha. |
| Total: | 0.2ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.28ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 0 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Grassed over stone
| 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 apparent. |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None. |
No related records
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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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