Promontory fort - coastal

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a sea-stack now connected to the mainland by an eroded and impassable rock isthmus. Earthworks on the landward side, marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, had disappeared by 1906 (Westropp 1906, 252). The interior (dims. c. 50m x c. 45m) is reputed to have a number of hut sites (Westropp 1914-16, 219-21) and three are indicated on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The headland also has mineworkings (WA032-016002-), but all its features are inaccessible. (Mulholland 1976)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 26th September, 2011.

References

Westropp, T.J. 1914-16 Fortified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster: Part II, from Ardmore to Dunmore, Co. Waterford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32C, 188-227.

Westropp, T.J. 1906 Notes on certain promontory forts in the counties of Waterford and Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 36, 239-58.

Mulholland, J. 1976 The vanished medieval settlements of Templeybrick. Decies, no. 2, 5-8.