Historic Environment
Gortycavan Road
Articlave
Londonderry
BT51 4UF

Contact

Phone:
028 9082 3207
Email:

Additional information

Open to the public:

Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)

Grid reference:
C7915031540
SM number:
LDY 007:001

About Gortycavan Mound

The mound, with a slightly dished summit, has traces of a bank round its edge and is surrounded by a ditch and outer bank. Though somewhat like a motte, it is likely to be a pre-Norman raised rath, dating to the first millennium AD. A mound in Big Glebe 21/2 miles (4km) north-west, now levelled, was shown by excavation to be pre-Norman.

Other historic places you can visit:

Gortycavan Mound
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