Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database KE054-084 (None)
NMR: KE 054 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 452932 Y: 598554 (IRENET95)
This small coastal promontory, known locally as ÇAn D–n Me_nach', projects W into Dingle Bay between Minard Head and Bull's Head at an altitude of 2m OD. The site is not depicted on any edition of the OS six-inch maps. Situated on a crumbling rock formation, it has suffered badly from erosion since the OS maps were drawn. It measures 45m long and for the first 34m is only 6m wide, expanding to 9.5m at the W end. A deep ditch spans the entire width of the narrow neck, measuring up to 11m wide at the top and narrowing to 1.4m in the rectangular channel forming its base at a depth of up to 8m. The channel at the bottom is neatly cut 1.2m into the rock. It is suggested that the S end has been partly backfilled to create the c. 3m long causeway which provides access to the interior (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 90). Within the interior are two depressions 1m in diameter and less than 0.5m deep, and, midway along the N side, a 1m high mound about 2m across at the cliff edge. There are no other recorded features within the interior.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -1129630 Y: 6821723 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -10.147634564712332 Latitude: 52.11928521482311 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Kerry
Historic County: Kerry
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Doonmanagh
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 coastal promontory projects W into Dingle Bay between Minard Head and Bulls Head in Co. Kerry. Situated on a crumbling rock formation, it has suffered badly from erosion since the OS maps were drawn. It is defended at the neck by a single 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: W-facing promontory
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✓ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 2.0m
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 six-inch maps. Visited and surveyed for the compilation of the Iveragh Archaeological Inventory (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 90).
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1996): | O'Sullivan and Sheehan |
Within the interior are two depressions, 1m in diameter and less than 0.5m deep, and, midway along the N cliff-edge a 1m high mound 2m across.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Circular depressions and 1m high mound
| 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 s end of the ditch has been backfilled to create a 3m long causeway providing access to the interior.
| 0: | There are no recorded banks |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
An impressive ditch spans the narrow neck. This ditch is 11m wide at the top and narrowing to 1.4m at its base at a depth of 8m. The base is neatly cut 1.2m into the rock. The neck here is between 4.9m and 9.2m wide and is traversed by a causeway 0.35m wide at its narrowest point.
| Area 1: | 0.03ha. |
| Total: | 0.03ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.05ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | No bank visible |
| 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: 1
| ✗ | 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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