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Promontory fort - coastal

Gortacrossig, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Promontory fort - coastal, Gortacrossig, 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
Gortacrossig
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Cullane Point (1902)
Coordinates
51.48747, -9.21048
SMR number
CO151-042----

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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

Roughly triangular area projecting E into Atlantic. Westropp (1914,-16, 98) noted foundations of walled rampart acrosss neck and says that 12 years prior to his visit 'it had a straight, massive wall of large, thin slabs ofdry stone, about 6ft high. This is 161 to 164 ft long (inside and out) and from 18 to 21 ft thick at various points'. He also recorded a lintelled, stone-lined entrance. The wall is now much collapsed (H 1.1m; Wth 6m) with some stone facing still visible on both sides. Entrance is collapsed and remains as grass covered break (Wth 2m) in bank. Fosse outside bank (Wth 6.6m; D 1.35m), disturbed by field fence to W of entrance. Fosse inside bank (Wth 1.2m; D 0.5m) with causeway at entrance. Interior overgrown with some rock outcropping.

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

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

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