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Promontory fort in Dunowen, County Cork (CO144-041001-)

Promontory fort, coastal
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Official monument number
CO144-041001-
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What is recorded here

Rectangular area (c. 21m N-S; c. 22m E-W) projecting SW into Atlantic. Neck, at N angle, crossed by rock-cut fosse (D 4m). Directly inside are remains of Dunowen Castle (CO144-041002-) occupying most of interior. Seaward end of promontory slopes down steeply to W; sheer drop on E side.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO144-041001

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wsiegmund, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Podstawko, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Caitlin Ferguson-Mir, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Warren Buckley, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Owen O'Sullivan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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