What is recorded here

Promontory fort is a promontory fort (coastal) in Tankardstown, County Waterford, Ireland. An aerial survey identified an oval southwest-facing sloping headland cut off from the mainland by two low earthen banks and an intervening fosse. Crop-marks of a levelled curving bank or wall with an external fosse enclose an area inland and north of the fort, suggesting the headland was once larger before much of it collapsed into the cove to the northwest.

Identified from an aerial survey by Markus Casey who described this monument as an oval SW-facing sloping headland which is cut off from the mainland by two low earthen banks and an intervening fosse, partly disturbed by a land commission earthen field boundary. From the air the crop-marks of a levelled curving bank or wall with external fosse can be seen enclosing an area inland and N of the fort, suggesting that the headland was once larger and that much of it collapsed into the cove to the NW. A gap in the enclosing elements may be the original entrance and the interior is featureless. A small circular earthen enclosure lies along the cliff c. 70m NW and the adjoining headland W of this enclosure also appears to be a promontory fort (WA025-132----). The area is one of fertile pasture and tillage. Sheer cliffs plummet to the sea below. (Casey 2001) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 November 2021

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