Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Dunbeacon, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunbeacon
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.59286, -9.58330
- SMR number
- CO130-025003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the S shore of Dunmanus Bay. This promontory fort comprises a low, narrow, ridge of rocky land (Wth 8.1-13.5m) which projects (L 28.7m) to the WSW. A rock-cut fosse (L 27m N-S; max. Wth 17.6m; max. D 3m) on the landward side of this ridge appears to be all that remains of the defences. The outer edge of the fosse, especially on the S side, is very uneven. Dunbeacon Castle (CO130-025002-) lies immediately to the WSW of the fosse.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.