Doonmoon, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Limerick

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In reclaimed pasture, 225m W of townland boundary with Knocklong West and 240 m S of townland boundary with Elton. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular shaped raised platform defined by a scarp. Annotated “Doonmoon” on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch where it is shown as a raised circular shaped platform (diam. c. 21m) defined by a scarp. Well preserved monument visible as a circular shaped platform defined by a scarp with wet rush-covered fosse (Wth c. 6m)on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Appears to be the remains of a well preserved platform ringfort with wet fosse standing on poorly drained pasture which has been partially reclaimed. The cropmarks of drainage ditches and paleochannels are clearly visible in area around this earthwork. The lack of an entrance feature, enclosing bank, wet fosse and locaton on poorly drained land may suggest the possibilty that this monument was of a ritual nature more akin to a barrow rather than a settlement site such as a ringfort. See attached ASI aerial photograph (370 (5) ) taken 10/05/2003 and Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-114

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