Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
An Loch, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Loch
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12436, -10.26178
- SMR number
- KE053-020----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Black Point is a small promontory on the E side of the entrance to Dingle Harbour. A wide fosse runs N-S across the landward side, and the upcast sand has been deposited on either side. Where least disturbed the fosse is 4m wide at base and rises 5m to the exterior and 2m to the interior. Towards the centre it widens out considerably, but this may be due to more recent disturbance. Sections of 2 stone walls and a pit are visible in the cliff face that bounds the interior. This may have been a promontory fort, or it may possibly have formed part of the 'small fort or block-house' which formely defended the harbour according to Smith (1756, 177).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 276. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.