Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Killelan East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killelan East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95189, -10.28145
- SMR number
- KE079-139----
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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
Possible promontory fort described in 2003 as follows; ‘A small squat lowlying south-facing grassy promontory is cut off from the adjacent land by a deep fosse and earthen bank. Traces of a second bank have largely been eroded away. The seashore is accessible from the site, which has almost no interior remaining. The nature of the remains is unclear, with not enough remaining to be certain of its provenance. The surrounding area is one of fertile cleared and drained pasture, with traces of previous cultivation visible’ (Casey 2003, 31, no. H).
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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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