Dunabrattin Coastal Promontory Fort, Waterford3D ModelNoAI
One of the larger promontory forts ( SMR No. WA025-069001- &) along the Copper Coast is located at Dunabrattin Head. This contains a smaller promontory fort within it. Dunabrattin means fort of the Britons suggesting there were close links with Britain during the Iron Age and early medieval period. It is an important fishing area with people fishing off the rocks and Boatstrand fishing harbour is nearby. A concrete pillbox probably dating to the first world war is on the southern tip of the promontory. Slumping of the cliff of the smaller promontory fort (SMR No. WA025-069002-)and narrow gullies between islets indicates the erosion. Hut sites and enclosures have been reported within and outside the fort defences.
The site was recorded using UAV sfm photogrammetry as part of the CHERISH Project.
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