Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database CO151-058 (None)
NMR: CO 151 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 520656 Y: 530630 (IRENET95)
The headland is located c. 2.1km SE of Castletownshend Village in West Cork. It is situated in rough pasture, on a promontory projecting E at an altitude of 12m OD, with high cliffs on three sides, and with views S to High Island and Low Island. Near its W end, the promontory is defended by the remains of an earthen bank (L 6m N-S; Wth 2.1m; H 0.55m) both ends of which are being eroded by the sea. There is an external ditch (L 6m N-S; Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m) as well as traces of a possible internal example (L 6m N-S; Wth 1m; D 0.1m). The interior narrows and slopes gently to the E for a distance of c. 25m. There are no recorded internal features within the enclosed area of c.0.02ha.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -1017840 Y: 6714277 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -9.143408789842406 Latitude: 51.522687592814854 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Cork
Historic County: Cork
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Moyross
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 | ✗ |
situated in rough pasture, on a promontory projecting E, with high cliffs on three sides, and with views S to High Island and Low Island. Near its W end, the promontory is defended by the remains of an earthen bank and external ditch.
| 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: SE-facing promontory
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 12.0m
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: | None |
The site is not shown on any edition of the OS six-inch maps. Site was recorded by the Cork Archaeological Survey in their compilation of the Cork Archaeological Inventory Vol 5 (Power et al. 2009).
| Earthwork Survey (2005): | Cork Archaeological Survey |
There are no recorded features within the interior of the promontory
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
NO APPARENT FEATURES
| APs Not Checked | ✗ |
| None | ✓ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
There are no recorded breaks in banks. Original entrance may have been eroded through coastal erosion.
| 0: | None |
| 2: | Only access is across the neck on the W |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
Near its W end, the promontory is defended by the remains of an earthen bank (L 6m N-S; Wth 2.1m; H 0.55m) both ends of which are being eroded by the sea. There is an external ditch (L 6m N-S; Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m), as well as traces of a possible internal ditch (L 6m N-S; Wth 1m; D 0.1m).
| Area 1: | 0.02ha. |
| Total: | 0.02ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.06ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| 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 |
| ✓ | External ditch (L 6m N-S; Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m) as well as traces of a possible internal ditch (L 6m N-S; Wth 1m; D 0.1m). |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S., and Sleeman, M. 2009. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork Volume 5. The stationary Office, Dublin.
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