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    A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus using the topography...
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    fort. Another example of a promontory fort is Fort Pitt, which was built by the English during the American Revolution on the site of the former Fort...
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    Cornish promontory forts, commonly known in Cornwall as cliff castles, are coastal equivalents of the hill forts and Cornish "rounds" found on Cornish...
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    Caherconree (redirect from Caherconree Fort)
    Ireland, and one of its southerly spurs is the site of an ancient stone promontory fort, which is a protected National Monument. In Irish academic Paul Tempan's...
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  • 3108; -4.1229), contour fort Caer Idris Hillfort (53°11′15″N 4°15′17″W / 53.1874°N 4.2546°W / 53.1874; -4.2546), promontory fort Caer y Twr (53°18′51″N...
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    Dunbeg Fort (Irish: An Dún Beag) is a promontory fort built in the Iron Age near the modern village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland. Dunbeg Fort is located...
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  • List of hillforts in Ireland (category Forts in Ireland)
    54.08306; -7.54496), promontory fort Derryragh (54°04′39″N 7°40′02″W / 54.07751°N 7.66714°W / 54.07751; -7.66714), contour fort Drumacleeskin (54°05′36″N...
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  • 19th century Promontory fort, mainly Iron Age Star fort, in 15th and 16th century Europe Tegart fort, in Palestine from 1930s Wagon fort, a mobile fortification...
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    Fortification (redirect from Fort)
    Māori fortification Peel tower Polygonal fort Promontory fort Qila Redoubt Revetment Ring fort Retrechment Sea fort Seawall Submarine pen Stockade Tower house...
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    Ringfort (redirect from Ring fort)
    (Cathair Chomáin) – ringfort/promontory fort Caherconnell (Cathair Chonaill) Caherconree (Cathair Conraoi) – ringfort/promontory fort Caherdaniel (Cathair Dónall)...
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    Castillo San Felipe del Morro (English: Promontory Castle of Saint Philip), most commonly known as El Morro (The Promontory), is a large fortress and citadel...
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  • right beside Largy Waterfall. This 'enclosure' is marked as being a 'promontory fort' on the current O.S.I. Discovery Series map of the area. Not much now...
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    317-foot high promontory just south of Boscastle on the north coast of Cornwall in South West England. It is the site of an Iron Age hill fort and a small...
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    Iron Age promontory fort in Durham, England. It is listed as a scheduled monument. The Victoria County History describes the location of the fort as follows:...
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    gate Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...
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    5 million visits per year. The cliffs take their name from an old promontory fort called Mothar or Moher, which once stood on Hag's Head, the southernmost...
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  • Brittany and west Wales. Examples: Huelgoat; The Rumps and other promontory forts of Cornwall. Sloping Enclosure or Hill-slope enclosure: smaller earthwork...
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    Martello tower (redirect from Martello Fort)
    Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from...
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    Exmoor National Park (2014). "MDE1236 - Countisbury Castle or Wind Hill Promontory Fort". Exmoor's Past. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 20 April 2014. Giles...
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    emperor Napoleon. On top of this are the remains of an ancient promontory fort called McArt's Fort. Cavehill was also historically called 'Ben Madigan' (from...
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    gate Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...
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    Castle. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes promontory fort and ring fort sites in the townlands of Ballybunion and Doon West. Ballybunion...
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    of the fort on Greenala Point. The Iron Age promontory fort, known as Greenala Point Fort or Greenala Camp is a scheduled monument. The fort, occupying...
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  • promotorium noted by Ptolemy. At the tip is a bank, all that remains of a promontory fort, which has been listed as a protected monument since 1933. One source...
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    Dún Aonghasa (category Forts in the Republic of Ireland)
    anglicised version Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the...
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    Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota...
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    ISBN 1-57506-042-6. Hogan CM (2 November 2007). Burnham A (ed.). "Mogador: Promontory Fort". The Megalithic Portal. In 1758, Linnaeus classified the snail as...
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    Hillfort (redirect from Hill-fort)
    defensive fortifications. Broch Chashi Nuraghe Oppidum Prehistoric warfare Promontory fort Acropolis "Maiden Castle". English Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2009...
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    Hogan, C. Michael (2 November 2007). Burnham, A. (ed.). "Mogador: Promontory fort". The Megalithic Portal. "Child Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East"...
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    (which was built c.1808) stands close to the site of a much earlier promontory fort, known as Mothar or Moher. This earlier fortification stood until at...
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