Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Maulagowna, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maulagowna
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80518, -9.65508
- SMR number
- KE101-072----
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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
In rough pasture, on a NW-facing slope and at the edge of a precipice on the SE bank of a tributary of the Glaninchiquin River. There are extensive views over the valley of Lough Inchiquin. This cliff-edge fort is defined by a pointed promontory (30m NW-SE) which projects to the NW and by an arc (C 30m NE-SW) of an earthen bank NE-SW. The promontory is defined by steeply scarped sides (H c. 30m) at W and N. The earthen bank (Wth 6.3m; int. H 2.25m; ext. H 1.35m) is flat-topped and is revetted on the internal face with drystone facing (H 0.8m) NE-SE. There is an external fosse (Wth 1.7m) NE-SW which rises gently (H 1.25m) to the external ground level and a causewayed entrance (Wth 1.6m) at S. Small boulders protrude above the surface of the interior, which slopes down to the NW. A relict field boundary (KE101-072001-) lies c. 25m to the SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.