What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dooneen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dooneen, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low ridge in undulating pasture and contains a raised circular area twenty-five metres across. An earth and stone bank, four point four to four point six metres wide and zero point eight to one point one metres high, encloses the space without a surrounding ditch. A two point four metre break at the north east marks the original entrance.
Situated on a low ridge in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 4.4m - 4.6m; int. H 0.8m - 1.1m). No fosse. Break in bank at NE (Wth. 2.4m) represents original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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