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Promontory fort

Promontory fort, coastal

What is recorded here

Six headlands south of Dún an Óir still wear faint neck-cutting marks, though time has sanded most defenses into rumor. The northernmost two keep low banks and a levelled drystone wall, while the southernmost holds a curving filled ditch. The middle two show vague older lines beneath newer earthworks. These are not proven forts but probable ones, waiting for someone patient enough to read what the coast has half-erased.
Possible promontory fort described in 2002 as follows; 'A series of six headlands along the coast south of Dún an Óir all show very slight evidence of having been cut off from the mainland by either earthen banks or ditches. The two northernmost ones have low earthen banks and a levelled drystone wall crossing the neck. The adjacent broad rectangular one has the remains of a wide levelled straight bank and faint fosse across the neck while the southernmost one has a slightly curving filled-in fosse defending it. Recent earthen banks cut off the middle two, but vague evidence of earlier defences is also visible. Not enough remains to ascertain the exact nature of the remains but all headlands are potential promontory forts that deserve further investigation' (Casey 2002, 68 DD).

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