What is recorded here

Promontory fort occupies a narrow coastal headland in County Dublin where a wide earthen bank cuts across the land like a drawn knife. The shape suggests defence, yet the bank may mark only a field boundary, leaving the true purpose buried beneath centuries of use. A megalithic tomb once stood there, and a levelled enclosure may have clustered near the northern corner, hinting that people valued the cliff-edge enough to return repeatedly. The shore remains difficult to reach, preserving the quiet mystery of a place that resisted easy explanation.

Possible promontory fort described by Casey (2003, 17) as follows; ‘A 4m wide straight earthen bank, probably a field boundary, cuts off a subrectangular headland measuring 90m long and 90m wide. The former presence of a megalithic tomb on the site and a possible levelled enclosure close to the north-eastern corner as well as the substantial bank, shows that the headland was occupied in the past and may suggest that the headland was a defended promontory fort. However, not enough remains to be certain. The area is one of flat fertile tillage, mainly market gardens, and the promontory is surrounded by a low cliff with access to the shore difficult but possible.’

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