Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Kimego West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kimego West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98220, -10.26294
- SMR number
- KE069-023----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Promontory fort described in 2003 as follows; 'Two collapsed and grassed over earth and drystone walls cut off a steeply sloping west facing headland. The outermost wall is straight and a slight depression running along the base is the only trace of a fosse. The inner bank curves and less remains to be seen. The headland is inhospitable and the interior is featureless. The sides are steep and the site is overlooked by higher land to the east. Despite this, the inner bank seems to be the remains of a heavily eroded defensive bank’ (Casey 2003, 39, no. M).
References
Casey, M. 2003 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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.