Souterrain in Dún Sheáin

Doonmore/An Dún Mór and Doonbeg/An Dún Beag: A large promontory projecting SE into Dingle Bay, on the W side of the entrance to Trabeg. Westropp also recorded a souterrain at the foot of the inner edge of the bank. This is not now accessible but its position, 10m E of the causeway, is marked by a burrow-like hole, some large stones, and subsidence of the bank immediately to E. A low, earthen field boundary extends SE across the interior from the causeway to the cliff edge. Doonbeg is now linked to the mainland by only a narrow isthmus which falls very steeply from Doonmore, the descent being almost sheer in places. Beyond this is a small, upstanding triangle of land enclosed by a bank. In 1910 (Westropp, 286-7), a fosse was visible across the grassy slope 'just above the saw-like remnant of the neck’. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 270. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013