What is recorded here

Foilnalour is a small coastal promontory fort on Sherkin Island, County Cork, where a narrow neck still holds a 3.3m earthen bank and 2.4m fosse above Roaringwater Bay. Its level interior erodes at the edges, and a faint 3.5m hut circle lies near the western tip, suggesting people once lived where the sea could be watched but not easily entered. The place is less a grand ruin than a knife-edge of occupation: little land, strong defense, and water close enough to remind everyone how thin the margin was.

Small subrectangular area projecting W into Roaringwater Bay from Sherkin Island. Defended at neck by earthen bank (H 3.3m) and fosse (D 2.4m). Interior level and eroding along edges. Casey (2002, 95) recorded a very indistinct hut site (diam. 3.5m) (CO149-015001-), centrally placed, close to the W extremity of the promontory. 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. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 25 February 2015

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