page_title: List of hillforts on the Isle of Man
section_title: Rushen
hierarchical_section_title: List of hillforts on the Isle of Man / Rushen
caption_attribution_description: English: View from Cronk ny Merriu Cronk ny Merriu is a coastal promontory fort with defensive ditch and rampart. The high ground location offers good views of the surrounding coast. Atlas of Hillforts number 3224 Behind the fort are the remains of a homestead. Originally believed to have been built in the Celtic Iron Age it was later re-occupied during the Norse Period. The site has a building nearly rectangular in construction with three doorways and a standard Norse central hearth.
context_page_description: This a list of hillforts on the Isle of Man. Found across Europe and the British Isles, hillforts are a type of prehistoric archaeological site dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age, and to a lesser extent the post-Roman period. They are classically defined as small hilltop settlements fortified with earthworks, but many are not located on hills, and probably did not function as forts. Their function is unclear; although conventionally interpreted as defensive fortifications and centres of economic political power, there is little evidence that they were ever attacked, and more recent scholarship has suggested that they may be better interpreted as monuments.
  According to the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, there are up to twenty eight extant hillforts on Mann itself, and possibly two on the Calf of Man. All but two are on the coast.
context_section_description: Buroo 54.0444°N 4.8138°W
  Burroo Ned 54.0616°N 4.7877°W
  Caigher Point 54.054°N 4.8237°W
  Chapel Hill 54.0795°N 4.6819°W
  Close ny Chollagh 54.0699°N 4.6824°W
  Hango Broogh 54.0717°N 4.6081°W
  The Parade 54.0638°N 4.7932°W
  Towlfoggy 54.068°N 4.7417°W
  Langness Point 54.0549°N 4.6314°W
  South Barrule 54.1493°N 4.6688°W
caption: Cronk ny Merriu
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