Hypothetical54.5919° N · 6.7331° W · 108 m
Tullaghoge Fort Sector 249
Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE)·Irish Iron Age·🇮🇪 County Tyrone, Ireland
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About Tullaghoge Fort Sector 249
Tullaghoge Fort Sector 249 in County Tyrone, Ireland is a Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE) megalithic. Recorded context — Period: Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE); Culture: Irish Iron Age; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: stone, earth; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Irish Iron Age megalithic.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
Theories
- 01Ritual model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1421 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE)
- Culture
- Irish Iron Age
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1910
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
54.5919° N · 6.7331° W · 108 m · 4 mapped features
- Tullaghoge Fort Sector 249 — Principal FeaturestructureTullaghoge Fort Sector 249 at Tullaghoge Fort Sector 24954.5919° N · 6.7327° W
- Tullaghoge Fort Sector 249 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexTullaghoge Fort Sector 249 at Tullaghoge Fort Sector 24954.5938° N · 6.7317° W
- Tullaghoge Fort Sector 249 — Outlier FeatureoutlierTullaghoge Fort Sector 249 at Tullaghoge Fort Sector 24954.5918° N · 6.7322° W
- Tullaghoge Fort Sector 249 — Reservoir/CisternhydraulicTullaghoge Fort Sector 249 at Tullaghoge Fort Sector 24954.5902° N · 6.7316° W