... Dúin) not far from the village of Ardara, County Donegal, Ireland (Irish: Ard an Ráthain, Contae Dhún na nGall, Éire). The actual date ... almost the the entire area of the island and has an oval stone wall of about 45 m (148 ft) in diameter. Although a short part of the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 16 2021 - 6:35pm
... artefacts has been discovered in the remains of an ancient fort near Burghead (Scottish Gaelic: Am Broch) on the Moray coast (An Cuan ... bones. Samples of the well preserved wood found at the fort is being sent for carbon dating. This will provide new insights into the ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 31 2018 - 9:38pm
... (Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall) and is the remains of a stone fort constructed in around 300BC by Celts. It can be reached by going ... (Irish:Gleann Cholm Cille), in south-west County Donegal, Ireland. Promontory forts are a defensive structure. They are located above a ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 24 2021 - 9:39pm
The site of this hill fort is at the north end of Llŷn Peninsula about six miles to the south east ... is called Boncan Dinas and is the site of the Iron Age hill fort. The banks of the fort can still be clearly seen although part of the site has been subject to ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 8 2013 - 7:10pm
... Baile Albóin) also known as An Rath is an earthen walled fort surrounded by a ditch. It has an internal diameter of around 100 feet, but ... Over 40,000 of such sites have been identified in Ireland but there must have been many more.The fort lies right next to the R480 ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 24 2021 - 10:32am
... Castle) is built on the site of a Neolithic promontory fort from about 600 BC. The original earthenworks are still visible and formed ... The development of the castle from earth and timber to the stone stronghold, the remains of which can be seen today, took place between ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 2 2021 - 11:12am
This is an Iron Age hill fort about eight miles southeast from Aberystwyth and close to the town of ... and on the River Ystwyth It dates from about 70 AD. The fort is about 207 feet above sea level and was surrounded by a ditch of nearly ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 7 2013 - 8:33pm
This is an Iron Age hill fort on the east summit of the three peaks of Yr Iefl. It covers an area of ... by 340 feet with as many as 150 hut circles. The earliest fort enclosed an Early Bronze Age cairn and the site was also occupied into the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 7 2013 - 8:24pm
Derby Fort is a seventeenth century round fort constructed during the English Civil War. It is located on St Michael's ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 13 2013 - 8:31am
... as no detailed archaeological investigation of the Broogh Fort has yet been conducted therefore its true nature and purpose remains ... would have stood. Getting here Broogh Fort is near Santon in the south of the Island. By car - From St ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 19 2022 - 10:45am