Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Long Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Long Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87958, -10.40434
- SMR number
- KE087-105----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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; ‘Two shallow parallel ditches and a slight bank are visible on the western end of Long Island cutting off a small area of the island. The nature of the visible features is unclear and the site has not yet been examined on the ground. The remains are likely to be too scant to have been a defended headland, although the lowlying nature of the area would contribute to heavy erosion. A burial ground within a circular enclosure lies at the opposite end of the island’ (Casey 2003, 37, no. L).
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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.