What is recorded here

Yellow iris still mark the vanished ring in Doon West, forming a living boundary around a garth fifty-four feet across. The shallow fosse and outer earthworks disappeared beneath soil and time, yet the flowers preserve the shape of a home that no longer shows stone or turf. They turn a forgotten fortress into a breathing circle, visible only because life kept the line drawn long before human memory faded.

No surface trace of this site remains today. However, according to Westropp (1909) 'a small earthwork or house site is marked by a high ring of "flaggers" (yellow iris). It has a shallow fosse 9 feet wide, hardly a foot deep; traces of an outer ring 6 feet to 8 feet thick, and a garth 54 feet across.' The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 219. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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