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Promontory fort — coastal in Dunboy

Promontory fort — coastal
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Though Westropp (1921, 10) considers it 'precarious' to regard any place at Dunboy as a promontory fort, he does follow on to state that 'Pacata Hibernia certainly describes some sort of fortified headland here', suggesting that this was the remains of an earlier fortification. The exact location of this 'fortified headland' is not known. 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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