What is recorded here

Doonclaur in Farrannacarriga is a circular earthen ringfort with three surviving banks and two fosses on a gentle south-facing slope at the west end of the Anascaul valley. Its inner chamber measures about twenty-eight and a half by thirty metres, and a stone-lined causeway still marks the eastern entrance. The outer bank remains only along the south and east, but the middle and inner banks rise several metres above their ditches, their faces patched in places with drystone. A hidden passage may still lie beneath the northeast interior, waiting for rain, roots or memory to reveal it.

Internal diam. 28.5m N-S, 30m E-W Doonclaur/Dún Cláir: This circular multivallate rath is situated on a very gentle S facing slope at the W end of the Anascaul valley. It is densely overgrown, but the 3 earthen banks and 2 fosses are very well-preserved. The Man-made underground passage KE044-114001- which apparently lies in the NE sector of the interior (OSNB Ballynacourty, 17) is not now visible. The outermost bank is 1m high above the external ground level and 2m high above the fosse. It is present only along the S and E sides of the enclosure. The middle bank rises 3m above the outer fosse and 3.25m above the inner fosse. The inner bank rises 3.75m above the fosse and 2m above the interior. The inner faces of the banks are intermittently faced with drystone masonry. A causewayed entrance at E provides access to the interior. The gap through the inner bank is lined with stones. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 415. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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