Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Glandahalin West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glandahalin West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42733, -9.86693
- SMR number
- KE014-111----
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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
Promontory fort described in 2002 as follows; 'A subrectangular northeast-facing ridge-backed headland slopes steeply down to point. It measures 70m long by 37m wide and a 3m wide curving earthen bank crosses the promontory one 18m from the neck. A faint outer fosse is intermittently visible and a gap close to the eastern cliff edge suggests an original entrance feature. The headland is highest in the centre throughout its length with sloping sides. The interior undulates but no clear features can be seen. The area is one of fertile pasture and the site is overlooked by higher ground inland and by a nearby headland to the west' (Casey 2002, 48, no. O).
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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.