Dooneen Point, promontory fort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

Small rectangular area projecting NE into Ballydonegan Bay. Slight neck (Wth 30m) defended by earthen bank (H 3.85m) and fosse (D 2.1m) which has been levelled for 11m from cliff-edge to N. Westropp (1921, 6) notes bank faced with "fairly large slabs"; these no longer visible. Interior slopes down steeply to N and S; enclosed by field fenced (not noted by Westropp). Possible Man-made underground passage (CO127-001002-) inside bank to SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO127-001001

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