
What is recorded here
Located inside the coastal promontory (WA027-035001-) jutting E into Waterford Harbour. According to Westropp (1914-16, 214) there was a circular hut site (int. diam. c. 3m) and a low enclosure (WA027-035003-) in the interior. The defences were levelled and the topsoil removed in the 1970s to create a carpark. Archaeological testing (01E0344) of the interior (Cleary 2003) produced no related material.
Cleary, R. (2003) Dunmore East. Promontory fort. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 388, No. 1243. Wordwell. Bray.
Westropp, T. J. (1914-16) Fortiified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster. PRIA C vol. 32, 188-227.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 June 2011
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