Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO153-005 (None)
NMR: CO 153 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 496182 Y: 522620 (IRENET95)
This promontory is situated at Stuckaunaminnaun Cove, on the N side of Clear Island on the SW coast of Co. Cork. The headland is a trapezoidal area (17.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) projecting N from Cape Clear at an altitude of 11m OD. Fort is depicted as a circular, hachured area on first edition of the OS 6-inch map (1842) and known locally as 'Port' (Westropp 1915, 255). The neck of the promontory is cut off by two banks, 2.6m apart running in an E/W direction for c. 13m. It is suggested that the outer bank (H 1.5m) may be modern in date (Power et al. 1992, 129). The second bank (H 0.75m; Wth 4.1m) has a central gap that is probably an original, ancient feature. Westropp describes the bank as 'stone-faced and capped by a dry-stone wall; many set-blocks remain in foundation' (1915, 255). The interior is a level grassy platform, nearly cut off by a narrow creek from the main cliff. Rectangular depression in interior (4.8m N-S; 3.5m E-W; D 1m) regarded by Westropp (1915, 255) as hut site but known locally as a flax-retting pond. Site is currently under pasture.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -1056826 Y: 6700700 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -9.49363018433658 Latitude: 51.44673726815277 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Cork (Clear Island)
Historic County: Cork
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Lissamona
None
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
None
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
The promontory is situated at Stuckaunaminnaun Cove, on the N side of Clear Island on the SW coast of Co. Cork. The headland is a trapezoidal area projecting N from Cape Clear at an altitude of 11m OD.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✓ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✓ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: N-facing promontory
| North | ✓ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 11.0m
N/A
None
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | Rectangular depression in interior (4.8m N-S; 3.5m E-W; D 1m) regarded by Westropp (1915, 255) as hut site but known locally as flax-retting pond |
Fort is depicted as circular, hachured area on first edition of the 0S 6-inch map. Surveyed by Westropp in 1915. Subsequently visited and recorded by the Cork Archaeological Survey in the mid 1980s (Power et al. 1992).
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842): | 6-inch OS map |
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1915): | Westropp |
| Earthwork Survey (1984): | Cork Archaeological Survey |
Rectangular depression in interior (4.8m N-S; 3.5m E-W; D 1m) regarded by Westropp (1915, 255) as hut site but known locally as flax-retting pond
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Rectangular depression in interior (4.8m N-S; 3.5m E-W; D 1m) regarded by Westropp (1915, 255) as hut site but known locally as a flax-retting pond
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Flax-retting pond
| APs Not Checked | ✗ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
The second bank (H 0.75m; Wth 4.1m) has a central gap that is probably an original, ancient feature
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South east): | None |
The neck of the promontory is cut off by two banks, 2.6m apart. It is suggested that the outer bank (H 1.5m) may be modern in date (Power et al. 1992, 129). The second bank (H 0.75m; Wth 4.1m) has a central gap that is probably an original, ancient feature. Westropp describes the bank as 'stone-faced and capped by a dry-stone wall; many set-blacks remain in foundation' (1915, 255). No ditch is recorded.
| Area 1: | 0.14ha. |
| Total: | 0.14ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.22ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | None |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | None |
| NW Quadrant: | None |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✓ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None |
Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S., and Sleeman, M. 1992. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork Volume 1: West Cork, 126-130. The stationary Office, Dublin.
Westropp, T.J. 1915. Fortified headlands and castles in western County Cork. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32C, 249-86.
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