Islandhubbock Coastal Promontory Fort, Waterford3D ModelNoAI
Islandhubbock promontory fort lies around 300m east of Ballyvoyle Head in Co. Waterford. This area has the highest cliffs of the Copper Coast, with heights up to 70m. Nearby in the surrounding fields are early medieval raths or ringforts, and an ecclesiastical enclosures with ogham stones. The writing on one ogham stone from around the 5th century AD indicates the people who lived here are claiming to be descendants of a 1st-century BC King of Munster Nia Segaman. The fort is very overgrown today but a hut site can be identified, and an underground passage called a souterrain that are usually dated to the early medieval period. This fort has at least three ditches and banks suggesting it is more important than many other forts along this coast due to the extra effort needed to construct and maintain and the impression it would have made to visitors. The height of Ballyvoyle Head made it a prominent landmark and a Napoleonic watchtower was built there in the early 19th century. Recorded with a Phantom 4 UAV.
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