What is recorded here

Sherkin Island still holds a sub-rectangular promontory where a late medieval fortification narrowed the coastal neck. Westropp saw a silted fosse cutting across that throat in 1914, but erosion and overgrowth have since swallowed the section. The sea did not erase the choice of place; it changed the shape of the warning.

Sub-rectangular promontory on E side of Sherkin Island occupied by remains of late medieval fortification (CO149-018002-). Westropp (1914, 108) noted silted-up fosse, just in front (to W) of curtain wall, accross neck of promontory, evident in section face at either end; fosse section no longer visible due to overgrowth and erosion. 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

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