Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Dunowen , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunowen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.54027, -8.91806
- SMR number
- CO144-041001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Rectangular area (c. 21m N-S; c. 22m E-W) projecting SW into Atlantic. Neck, at N angle, crossed by rock-cut fosse (D 4m). Directly inside are remains of Dunowen Castle (CO144-041002-) occupying most of interior. Seaward end of promontory slopes down steeply to W; sheer drop on E side.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.