Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Scobaun, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scobaun
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Portadoona Fort (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.50104, -9.21207
- SMR number
- CO151-032----
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
Irregular shallow promontory (27m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) projecting E into Atlantic. Excavated by O'Kelly (1952, 26-9) but few signs of occupation in interior; two hearth sites and a single post-hole found. Defenses sectioned: stone-faced bank (H c. 4ft 9in) terraced on the inside; fosse (D 12 ft) rock-cut at base. Outer bank and terracing noted by Westropp (1914-15, 286), was found to be modern. Promontory now covered by rough grazing; both seaward edges of defences suffering from erosion.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.