Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Dunlough, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunlough
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.48368, -9.83144
- SMR number
- CO146-001001-
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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
At westernmost point of Mizen peninsula, on S side of Three Castles Head; traces of earlier defences run in front of, and on same line as, curtain wall of late medieval defences (CO146-001002-), for 25m from cliff to S. Wide fosse (Wth 8m; D 1.6m) runs 2.5m in front of curtain wall; outside is bank (H 1.2m) with external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.6m). Tracable defences end on line of modern wire fence. Running at oblique angle, outside external fosse low bank with gap defined by flanking slabs; Westropp (1915, 274) regarded this as remains of earliest defences on promontory.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.