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Promontory fort - coastal

Cloddagh (Sherkin Island), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Promontory fort - coastal, Cloddagh (Sherkin Island), County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cloddagh (Sherkin Island)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.47411, -9.43176
SMR number
CO149-032----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a roughly triangular headland (c. 120m E-W) that projects into the sea on the W side of Sherkin Island. The neck (28m N-S) of the headland is defended by three earthen banks. The outer bank (Wth 1.7m; ext. H 0.35m; int. H 0.7m) is separated from the middle bank (Wth 1.6m; ext. H 0.35m; int. H 0.55m) by a fosse (Wth 4m). The remains of a shorter inner bank (L 4m; Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) at the N end of the neck are separated from the middle bank by another fosse (Wth 1m). The ends of the middle and inner banks are being eroded by the sea. The W half of the interior is rocky and the E half is in rough pasture. Traces of lazy-beds, orientated N-S, are visible on the landward side immediately to the E.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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