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Dunowen is a castle site inside a coastal promontory fort in County Cork, Ireland. A trapezoidal grass-covered enclosure still holds low stone walls, a corner marker at the northwest, and faint foundations that may have supported a tower rising more than forty feet. Locals once found a decayed human skeleton beneath a slab near the south and east area, reminding visitors that the sea, stone and memory still occupy the same narrow place.

Immediately inside defences of coastal promontory fort (CO144-041002-). Trapezoidal area (max. N-S 21m; min. N-S 17m: max. E-W 22m; min. E-W 16m) enclosed by low grass-covered walls. Stonework at NW angle (H c. 1m) marks corner of castle; some stone facing preserved along W side: noticeable inturn 14m from NW corner indicates SW angle of tower according to Westropp (1914, 106) and some low sod-covered foundations running c. 8m E-W; 'are remains of tower which rose over 40 feet in Bonoparte's time'. 'Decayed human skeleton' found by locals, beneath a slab, c. 1870 in S and E area of enclosure (Westropp 1914, 106). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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