Promontory fort - coastal

The National Monuments Service's description

Promontory fort described in 2002 as follows; ‘A small south-facing headland slopes steeply down from the narrow isthmus. The mainland overlooks the summit of the headland across a deep narrow chasm to the west. A short earthen bank and the hint of a fosse run across the neck and the remains of a perimeter bank on the headland suggest that this may be the remains of a defended headland. On the mainland immediately inland of this promontory are the remains of two parallel banks running halfway across the east-facing headland comprising Kilfarnoge townland. Three fields farther west are the remains of a wide levelled earthen bank running across the entire headland, and these features, together with the more substantial earthworks across Parkmore Point, may make up part of a large promontory fort, which would make the small defended headlands along the shore secondary subsidiary fortifications or inner citadels’ (Casey 2002, 54, no. T).

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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.