What is recorded here
Located on a rocky promontory, which projects to W from a small island, separated from the NW end of Iniskea North by a narrow tidal sea channel. A promontory named ‘Doon’ noted by Westropp (1914, 322-323) was included by Casey (1999, 204) as a possible promontory fort. Westropp did visit not the island, but recorded…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA023-001
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