What is recorded here

Three shallow fosses and fading earthen banks still mark the narrow neck where Stuckaunfoilnabena joins Clear Island. The sea has taken much of the fort, leaving only a anvil-shaped headland above rough pasture and a steep north-facing slope. Whatever life moved through that choke point has gone beneath the waves, but the lines of its defence still cut across the land like a forgotten warning.

In rough pasture, at the foot of a steep N-facing slope on Stuckaunfoilnabena, a headland on the NW coast of Clear Island. A narrow eroding neck of land (Wth 3m; L 15m) leads to the roughly anvil-shaped headland. Across this neck of land are the remains of three earthen banks (max. Wth 3m; max. H 0.65m) and the shallow remains of three fosses (max. Wth 2m). Further examination of the remains was not possible for safety reasons. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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