What is recorded here

Doonaha East holds a buried ringfort, an earthen circle waiting for human hands to remember it. The land may have swallowed the wall, but the shape remains, marking a place where people lived, loved and disappeared. That much is known. The rest belongs to imagination, memory and the patience of soil.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

A fairy fort, or earthen ringfort in Doonaha East, is a circular earthwork enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Such sites are often associated with local folklore, including tales of fairy dwellings and other supernatural inhabitants.

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