Bastioned fort in Duagh

Depicted as a rectangular embanked enclosure with four lozenge-shaped corner bastions on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is situated on a rise planted with a cereal crop overlooking a S-N stream to the W and N. The fort is thought to date to the Elizabethan (Poole 1928) or Cromwellian period (Carroll 1976a, b), although there are no contemporary records. J. O'Donovan in the 1840s (O'Flanagan 1929, 61) records that it was used as a barracks in 1798, a view which is supported by artefacts recovered at the site (Poole 1928). This is a rectangular platform (dims. 62m N-S; 51m E-W) defined by low scarps (H 0.5m) except at N where there is a natural slope down to a stream (H c. 3m). Bastions are evident at the SE and SW corners as eroded mounds (diam. 25m; H 0.2-1.6m). (Kerrigan 1995, 102-3) Carroll, J. S. (1976a) Cromwell's camp at Kilbarry? Decies No. 1, 12-13. Carroll, J. S. (1976b) The camp site at Kilbarry Decies No. 3, 20. Kerrigan, P. M. (1995) Castles and fortifications in Ireland 1485-1945. The Collins Press, Cork. O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Poole, B.(1928) Miscellanea - The fort of Duagh. JRSAI vol. 58, 64-5. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See attached photograph: WA017-012----_01 drone photograph taken by Simon Dowling, summer 2018 Date of upload/revision: 04 January 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore