Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Cloghaneleesh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghaneleesh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.43407, -9.82743
- SMR number
- KE008-020----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Possible promontory fort described in 2002 as follows; ‘A small triangular headland is separated from the mainland by a narrow isthmus, which exhibits evidence of earlier fortification. A short (5m) length of bank and inner fosse2.5m deep crosses the narrow neck. A modern earthen bank runs along the shoreline, also cutting off the headland. Four small subcircular earth and stone mounds on the summit of the interior may be artificial, although not enough remains to be certain. Faint traces of a perimeter bank can be seen along the eastern edge and the sea is accessible from the interior. The cliff edges flanking the headland are sheer but sloping rocks to the north imply that the promontory was once larger' (Casey 2002, 34, L)
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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.