What is recorded here

Doon is a sixty-metre fairy fort in County Galway where three earthen banks and three fosses still hold their shape beneath overgrown trees. Its eastern gap is narrow enough for one person at a time, suggesting exclusion rather than invitation. The two hidden underground passages imply that the site was built for descent, memory or transformation, not mere defence.

In level pastureland. This impressive well-preserved subcircular rath (diam. 60m) is defined by three banks of earth and stone and three fosses. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at E, which Westropp (1919, 181-2) suggests is modern. The interior is uneven and the entire monument is planted with trees and partly overgrown. There are two Man-made underground passages (GA114-109001- and GA114-109002-) in the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 285, no. 7) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 September 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/1980). The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 627.

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