Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - inland
Kane, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kane
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.04005, -6.47950
- SMR number
- LH003-039----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Situated at S end of a slight rise in undulating countryside. Oval interior (max. dims. 36m E-W, 26.5m N-S) with two banks and an intervening and inner fosse extending in an arc from WSW-NE, thereby cutting off the interior from the ridge to the N. Traces of inner bank visible on N. On other sides there is a steep scarp which acts as natural protection. There are traces of banks abutting the outer bank at various places, which may be interpreted as traces of an ancient field system.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.