Promontory fort in Gouladoo, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Irregular area projecting N into Bantry Bay; isolated from mainland by natural sea arch (Wth 5.4m). Westropp (1921, 105) recorded defences on landward side of arch: firstly "a hollow or fosse", then dry stone walling foundations (12ft thick), inside of which a square terraced area measured "80ft each way" and enclosed by a "fence about 6ft thick". Stone wall (Wth 0.8m) runs along line of wall noted by Westropp but no fosse now evident on outside. Interior terraced area is as described by Westropp but only traces of earthen bank remain on NE and NW sides. Interior slopes down steeply to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO129-001

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Andrew Wood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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