Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE096-014 (None)
NMR: KE 096 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 438825 Y: 565224 (IRENET95)
This headland, known locally as 'Doongar', is the southernmost of the promontory's on the Iveragh peninsula. It projects SW from the mainland between St. Finan's Bay and Ducally Head off the SW coast of Co. Kerry at an altitude of 17m OD. The site is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It is separated from the mainland on the NE side by a narrow neck, forming a considerable natural defence (Redmond 1995, 35). This natural defence is augmented by a poorly preserved, sod-covered stone wall (Wth. 3.5m by H 2m) that curves across the landward end of the promontory with an entrance near its SE end. The entrance takes the form of a lintelled passage, 1.1m wide, with sides formed of large upright slabs (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 127). Two further uprights are situated just inside the entrance on either side, placed perpendicular to the line of the passage. These uprights support three capstones c. 1.5m to 2.07m long and two others lie displaced. A low bank measuring c. 14m long is also recorded along the cliff-edge forming the SE flank of the promontory, where some dry-stone facing is also visible intermittently. The interior slopes down to the NW and measures 46.5m long by 5-12m wide and there are no recorded hut-sites. It is currently under pasture.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -1150801 Y: 6766924 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -10.337823747658899 Latitude: 51.8160018067502 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Kerry
Historic County: Kerry
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Alaghee
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 | ✗ |
This coastal promontory projects SW from the mainland between St. Finans Bay and Ducally Head off the SW coast of Co. Kerry at an altitude of 17m OD. It is separated from the landward side by a narrow neck, forming a considerable natural defence. This natural defence is augmented by a poorly preserved, sod-covered stone wall that curves across the landward end of the promontory.
| 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: SW-facing promontory
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✓ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 17.0m
N/A
There is no dating available for the site
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 depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Surveyed for the compilation of the Iveragh Archaeological Inventory in the early 1990's (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 127).
| Earthwork Survey (1996): | O'Sullivan and Sheehan |
There are no recorded features within the interior of the site
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 | ✗ |
The entrance is located to the SE. Lintelled passage, 1.1m wide, with sides formed of large upright slabs (OSullivan and Sheehan 1996, 127). Two further uprights are situated just inside the entrance on either side, placed perpendicular to the line of the passage. These uprights support three capstones c. 1.5m to 2.07m long.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Other Forms (North east): | A lintelled passage, 1.1m wide, with sides formed of large upright slabs |
The naturally defended headland is augmented by a poorly preserved, sod-covered stone wall (Wth. 3.5m by H 2m) that curves across the landward end of the promontory and includes a lintelled entrance. The stone wall is faced towards the NE end.
| Area 1: | 0.13ha. |
| Total: | 0.13ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.15ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 0 |
| 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 |
| ✗ | None |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None |
O'Sullivan, A and Sheehan, J. 1996. Iveragh Peninsula: An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry. Cork University Press. Cork
Redmond, M. 1995. A survey of the promontory forts of the Kerry peninsulas. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 28, 5-63.
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