What is recorded here
Mortons Port controls the entrance to Clew Bay, filtering ocean life into one of western Europe's most productive seas. The port has watched ships, storms and trade for centuries, but its real work is biological: shaping which creatures enter, leave or become lost in the bay's shallow waters.
Tradition of Man-made underground passage in ringfort (CO143-044001-); depression said to mark site. No visible trace due to overgrowth.
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.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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