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Promontory fort — coastal in Corporation Lands

Promontory fort — coastal
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In grassland. 'Black Castle' (WI025-013----) which is located on a promontory that is cut off from the mainland by a deep rock-cut fosse may be on the site of an earlier promontory fort (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, 181). Casey (2001, 103) further noted an earthen rampart, enclosing a roughly subrectangular area and possibly predating the castle, c. 55m to the W of the promontory. A number of modern gaps cut through the bank and one c. 12m from the N cliff edge has evidence of a collapsed and grassed-over hut site within it. A shallow wide external fosse (Wth 7m) and an outer bank were also intermittently visible close to the N cliff edge. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 January 2015

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