Part of 2,500-year-old fort falls into sea

A magnificent historic stone doorway, along with a 10-metre section of a large rampart, has fallen into the sea following weather damage to the cliff at the foot of a 2,500-year-old fort on the Slea Head drive in west Kerry, an archaeologist said yesterday.

The Dún Beg or Dún Beag fort which sits on a promontory near Ventry on the Dingle Peninsula has partially collapsed in recent days following storm Eleanor.

The fort, one of several on the peninsula, is a national monument managed by the OPW and accessed through private lands. The pathway too has suffered damage.