What is recorded here

Stack's promontory fort stands above the sea stacks and arches at Carrignaweelaun Bay in County Kerry, where the Atlantic has already swallowed most of its interior. What remains is a thin ribbon of double bank and fosse, barely eleven metres long, squeezed between later field fences and the patient erosion of the coast. To the north looms the Crescent Fort, while to the south another promontory fort and Pookeenee Castle watch the same churning water, forming a strange chain of defended headlands along the Kerry shore.

N of this site lies the Crescent Fort (KE004-011----), while to the S another promontory fort and Pookeenee Castle can be seen (KE004-019001-) and (KE004-019002-). This site is situated on a headland just above the sea stacks and arches at Carrignaweelaun Bay. Only a tiny section of this promontory survives today; the interior has suffered massive erosion and destruction by the sea. Originally it would appear to have been defended by a double bank and fosse. The outer bank measures 11m long, but has been very much defaced by later field fences. The bank measures 3m above the fosse; the fosse measures 2.5m wide and 15m long. The inner bank rises to a maximum of 2m over the fosse. This site is known as Stack's promontory fort. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 107. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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