Doon Point, promontory fort in County Roscommon

What is recorded here

On a promontory jutting SE from the W shore of Lough Meelagh (dims. c. 2 km E-W; c. 600m-1 km N-S). The promontory (dims. 100m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW; H 2-3m), which is planted with mature deciduous trees, is separated from the mainland by a dry fosse (L 18m; Wth of top 4-7m; int. D 0.4-1.8m; ext. D 0.7-1.3m) at the isthmus. The fosse is crossed by a 19th-century carriageway which circumscribes the promontory altering its contours by infilling and revetting, and adding drystone walls to either end of the fosse. Rath (RO003-090----) is c. 140m to the SW, and promontory fort (RO003-091----) is c. 160m across the lake to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO003-008

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Silversyrpher (very busy at the moment) from Scotland, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
RTG, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Unknown Weaver, English (active c. 1080), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain