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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

Overview

Doon — Strake is recorded as Promontory fort — coastal in Mayo. Situated on a stretch of cliff-bound coast on the southern shore of the island, 2.1km W of the Abbey to SE of Toormore. A notably long narrow sea promontory (L c. 200 × Wth c. 70m max.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: This too is limited in its extent to E side of the promontory, the western side at this point being occupied by a large grassy hollow that falls away westwards to the cliff edge.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: At its landward end, a substantial and slightly curved grassy earthen bank (L 20m × Wth c. 3.9m) crosses the promontory on a rough E–W axis.

What was found

The saved account records: No trace was found of the ‘straight traverse’ mentioned by Westropp and shown by him as a broad bank running N–S across the interior immediately N of the oval house (MA084-005003-) (1911a, pl.

What remains

The saved account records: Furthermore, the ‘three terraces or rather ledges, each a foot [0.3] high’ shown in the southern part of the interior (1911a), are now only intermittently visible: they are best defined along the western side where they are up to 0.5m in height.

Why it mattered

Doon — Strake matters because the source ties promontory fort — coastal to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Although they do resemble a berm and fosse, the latter in particular is only fosse-like towards the eastern side of the promontory (Wth c. 5.8m, D c. 1m): towards the western side it fades out into a natural S-facing slope.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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