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Indicated — Ardaragh East

Breakwater
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Indicated — Ardaragh East
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On the E side of the entrance to Lonehort Harbour on the SE side of Bere Island. A large irregularly shaped artificial breakwater (c. 60m N-S; c. 40m E-W; H c. 2m) is located on the seabed at the entrance to the harbour. It was formed by dumping a huge mound of stones on the seabed and acted as a wave deflector at the entrance. According to Breen (1996, 5), the stones were quarried from the nearby headland. There is a stone jetty (CO116-041001-) in the same harbour, c. 200m to the NE. (Breen 1996) 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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