What is recorded here

Dungooly holds a D-shaped earthen ringfort on a cliff edge, its thick bank and shallow ditch marking a place where human hands shaped the land before the sea took the rest. The missing western wall does not weaken the site; it completes the story, because the cliff became the final boundary. A narrow gap and causeway still point toward the lost entrance, inviting imagination to walk through with someone who knew the way.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated at the upper edge of a NW-SE cliff face. D-shaped area (int. dims. 52m NW-SE, 38m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 8m, H 0.9m internally, 3.2m externally) with traces of external fosse (Wth 2m, D 0.4m), except along NW to SE side where site is truncated by cliff. Entrance gap (Wth 2m) and causeway at SE. Possible Man-made underground passage (LH003-001002-) in interior, to W of centre, leading to the upper edge of the cliff.

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