Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Clashmelcon, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clashmelcon
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47261, -9.73105
- SMR number
- KE009-095----
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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 subrectangular west-facing promontory juts out 20m from the straight coastline. It is cut off from the mainland by a modern shoreline earthen bank but also by a 3m wide 1m deep fosse running along the inside of this bank. This site has not been inspected and it is unclear whether or not this feature is artificial. The area is flat and has been drained, although flooding is visible close by. The cliffs flanking the headland are sheer’ (Casey 2002, 31, no. K).
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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.