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Promontory fort in Dunworly, County Cork (CO136-100----)

Promontory fort, coastal

What is recorded here

Rectangular area projecting W into Dunworley Bay. Westropp (1914-16, 96) recorded sea had cut 'a deep cove' into N part of interior leaving narrow spur projecting on this side. He noted deep fosse and high bank crossing neck and continuing along the projecting spur. Small section of bank (H 3.15m) now remains on N side but is collapsing into sea; fosse (D 3.4m), causewayed to S; counterscarp bank (H 1m). Gravel quarry on S side just inside fosse. Interior eroding along edges.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO136-100

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Official monument number
CO136-100----
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  • David Sands, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Barryroe GAA; photographer not named, www.barryroegaa.ie
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Steve Edge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Draceane, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
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