Tullaghoge Fort Sector 688
Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE)·Irish Iron Age·🇮🇪 County Tyrone, Ireland
About
About Tullaghoge Fort Sector 688
Tullaghoge Fort Sector 688 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. 3290 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE)
- Culture
- Irish Iron Age
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1958
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
54.5920° N · 6.7368° W · 819 m · 3 mapped features
- Tullaghoge Fort Sector 688 — Principal FeaturestructureTullaghoge Fort Sector 68854.5904° N · 6.7367° W
- Tullaghoge Fort Sector 688 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexTullaghoge Fort Sector 68854.5917° N · 6.7372° W
- Tullaghoge Fort Sector 688 — Outlier FeatureoutlierTullaghoge Fort Sector 68854.5905° N · 6.7378° W