Promontory fort - coastal

The National Monuments Service's description

Promontory fort described in 2002 as follows; 'Two fingers of land jut out 40m from a broad headland immediately south of ‘Tonalassa’ promontory fort [KE004-003----]. The northerly [KE004-066----] of the two is shaped like a narrow triangle and is cut off from the main promontory by a straight 1.5m wide earthen bank and shallow external fosse. The other headland [KE004-067----] has two shallow ditches 1m wide 5m apart running across the westerly extremity of the promontory. This headland is subrectangular in plan, measuring 18m in width. Neither has any trace of an entrance gap and evidence of earlier cultivation ridges is visible on the southernmost headland. The earthen bank running along the coastline does not include either headland. The area generally is one of gently undulating fertile cleared and drained pasture. The barrow immediately to the east has been wrongly described in the archaeological survey as a rath [KE004-004----]' (Casey 2002, 27, no. G).

References

Casey, M. 2002 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland: interim report for the Heritage Council. Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.