Dunbeg, promontory fort on Mount Eagle, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Promontory fort's are defensive structures located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed. They are mainly found in Ireland. promotory fort Dunbeg, Dingle peninsula, co. ... promotory fort Dunbeg, Dingle peninsula, co. ... Categories: Ireland-place stubs | Peninsulas of Ireland | County Kerry ...

Only a few promontory forts have been excavated, therefore their dating is problematic. Most seem to date to the Iron Age, though some, like Dunbeg (Co. Kerry) might have originated in the Bronze Age. Others, like Dalkey Island (Co. Dublin) contain imported Eastern Mediterranean pottery and have been reoccupied and changed in the early medieval period. Dunbeg contains an early medieval corbelled stone hut (clochan). Rescue excavation in Southwark, London by the Museum of London Excavation is the best-known and most commonly used technique within the science of archaeology. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Fahan Clochans on the slopes of Mount Eagle, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland A Clochan is drystone hut with a corbelled roof, dating from the early middle ages. ...

Further reading

• Nancy Edwards, The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland (London, Batsford 1990).