Promontory fort - coastal

The National Monuments Service's description

Identified from an aerial survey by Markus Casey who described this monument as an oval SW-facing sloping headland which is cut off from the mainland by two low earthen banks and an intervening fosse, partly disturbed by a land commission earthen field boundary. From the air the crop-marks of a levelled curving bank or wall with external fosse can be seen enclosing an area inland and N of the fort, suggesting that the headland was once larger and that much of it collapsed into the cove to the NW. A gap in the enclosing elements may be the original entrance and the interior is featureless. A small circular earthen enclosure lies along the cliff c. 70m NW and the adjoining headland W of this enclosure also appears to be a promontory fort (WA025-132----). The area is one of fertile pasture and tillage. Sheer cliffs plummet to the sea below. (Casey 2001)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 24 November 2021

References

Casey, M. 2001 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 Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.