What is recorded here

Dooneen holds a circular earthen ring on a south-facing slope, overlooking low land where people once watched weather, movement, or danger before it arrived. The bank still stands with a narrow entrance and a possible livestock gap, suggesting the fort served both pride and practical life. It is not a grand castle or a forgotten myth, but a shaped place where human hands improved what the hill already offered.

Monument described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as a univallate ringfort situated on S facing slope with good view over low-lying land to the S. Circular shaped area (diam. 28) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 1.45m; ext. H 1/15m; top Wth 3.35m) with faint traces of an external fosse and possible entrance gap (Wth 2.37m) at ESE (SMR File). Possible livestock gap in bank at NW. Outline of monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022

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