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Doonsorske

Cliff-edge fort

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On edge of sheer cliff-face overlooking sea; severely damaged by sea erosion; around half site in existence on 1842 OS 6-inch map; diam c. 60m. Remaining interior D-shaped, almost completely fallen into sea; enclosed by two earthen banks (H 5m) with intervening flat-based fosse (D c. 1m). External fosse infilled but visible in cliff-face. Erosion still taking place here. Site was much less eroded when inspected by Westropp (1914, 97).
On edge of sheer cliff-face overlooking sea; severely damaged by sea erosion; around half site in existence on 1842 OS 6-inch map; diam c. 60m. Remaining interior D-shaped, almost completely fallen into sea; enclosed by two earthen banks (H 5m) with intervening flat-based fosse (D c. 1m). External fosse infilled but visible in cliff-face. Erosion still taking place here. Site was much less eroded when inspected…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO113-023

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  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Tim FitzGerald, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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