What is recorded here

Indicated is a coastal promontory fort in County Cork where a natural sea arch cuts through the land, leaving an isolated northern tip above Bantry Bay. Westropp described a hollow, thick stone foundations, and a square terraced area eighty feet across, but only faint traces remain beside the steep northern slope. The missing fosse and vanished banks suggest the sea or time took what human hands built, preserving only the backbone of the defense.

Irregular area projecting N into Bantry Bay; isolated from mainland by natural sea arch (Wth 5.4m). Westropp (1921, 105) recorded defences on landward side of arch: firstly "a hollow or fosse", then dry stone walling foundations (12ft thick), inside of which a square terraced area measured "80ft each way" and enclosed by a "fence about 6ft thick". Stone wall (Wth 0.8m) runs along line of wall noted by Westropp but no fosse now evident on outside. Interior terraced area is as described by Westropp but only traces of earthen bank remain on NE and NW sides. Interior slopes down steeply to N. 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

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