What is recorded here

Dunnamark Fort is a D-shaped cliff-edge fort on the east shore of Bantry Bay, where an earthen bank and external fosse still mark the boundary between land and sea. The slightly convex cliff edge suggests people trusted the danger as much as their own work, pushing a usable home toward the water instead of retreating from it. A possible underground passage in the interior adds to the feeling that the place was made for watching, waiting, and disappearing when the sky changed.

In tillage, on cliff edge, on E shore Bantry Bay. Roughly D-shaped area enclosed by earthen bank S->NNE, with external fosse; slightly convex cliff edge NNE->S. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO118-004002-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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