Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Baile Iarthach Thuaidh (cléire), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Iarthach Thuaidh (cléire)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Doonthomas (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.42573, -9.52038
- SMR number
- CO153-014----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1769 "Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp." (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Headland projecting SW from Cape Clear. Westropp (1915, 253) noted remains of fosse with stone wall on seaward side at neck of promontory. He also noted remains of circular hut site (CO153-014001-) in interior. The promontory is now a long, narrow spine of rock, with no soil cover; eroding rapidly by sea. No visible trace of wall or fosse.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.