Like coastal
promontory forts, some forts were built on the edges of inland cliffs,
utilising the natural defences of the cliffs. There are currently 5
recorded surviving cliff-edge forts in County Clare.
Photos
of Cliff-edge Forts Map
of the cliff-edge forts of Clare (based on the Sites and Monuments Record
created by the OPW overlaid on the 1842 Ordnance Survey index map).