BROWSE
man-made feature
Crombeol
genitive: Chrombeoil
(Irish)
Cromwell's Fort
(English)

Explanatory note

  • English

    'Crompeol could conceivably be the plough-using farm ... on the eastern end of the Bray South Slope, as the name lies in its immediate vicinity. Later in the 17th century the name in the form of Crimphole is attached to the star-shaped fort which was built at t he westermn end of the Dysert Slope in 1653.' Man & Environment in Valencia Island 106

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51.8994, -10.388latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1571
Cromecsell
Lythe map
1598
Crompeol
lsc.
Clancarthy Surv. Leathanach: 7
1655c
fort
DS
1660c
'a fort at the south point of Corrabeg'
BSD (Ci) Leathanach: 22
1756
Cromwells Fort
Smith Hist. Kerry, map

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