What is recorded here

Dooneen Point is a small rectangular promontory fort projecting northeast into Ballydonegan Bay in County Cork. Its thirty-metre neck once carried a 3.85-metre earthen bank and 2.1-metre fosse, though the northern edge has been levelled and the large slab facing Westropp saw in 1921 has vanished. The interior still drops steeply toward both seas, while a possible underground passage hides inside the southeastern bank. Whatever life moved through that hidden space, the point remains a tight coastal trap where human hands shaped stone, soil and uncertainty.

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. 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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