Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
An Paideac, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Paideac
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.11452, -10.32359
- SMR number
- KE053-057----
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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
Doonywealaun/Dún Uí Mhaoláin: This small promontory juts SW into Ventry Harbour a little W of Paddock Point. It measures 54m long x generally no more than 6m wide and, at the landward end, a bank and outer fosse extend for 16m from cliff edge to cliff edge. The fosse is .9m deep, c. 2.7m wide at base and c. 1.5m deep below the top of the bank. The bank rises c. 0.7m above the interior. A 1m wide berm is traceable along the outer face of the bank. A causewayed entrance crosses the defences providing access to the interior.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 279. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.