What is recorded here
Subrectangular area projecting S into Atlantic; connected to mainland by narrow neck with V-shaped profile. Excavations by O'Kelly (1952, 35-54) showed that fosse of early defences (CO151-040---) re-cut in late medieval times when headland re-fortified. At neck stone causeway constructed on landward side of fosse;…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO151-053
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- Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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