
What is recorded here
Promontory fort stands on a Clare coast edge, building human history into the sea cliff itself. Whether it guarded a harbour, marked a boundary or simply watched the Atlantic, its stones still perform that old job: holding land against forgetting.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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