What is recorded here
Lying partly on Sheep Island which is being eroded into two islands by the sea, the defences of promotory fort (WA026-036001-) are on the mainland. Westropp (1914-16, 222) failed to identify the house site marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map within the E end of the defences.
Westropp, T. J. (1914-16) Fortiified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster. PRIA C vol. 32, 188-227.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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