Site of Doon Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Doon Castle is a large circular earthwork in wet Westmeath pasture, its double banks and ditches still marking the courtyard of a lost home. The southeast gap invited visitors past the first defence into the protected centre, while quarrying and a modern fence have since cut through the ancient line. The wet ground keeps the shape alive even when human memory fades, preserving the footprint of a place that once controlled entry, exit and everyday life.

Situated on a slight natural rise, in low-lying wet pasture. Bivallate ringwork described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, an outer bank and an external fosse with entrance gap at SE . The earthen banks are both large and widely spaced with the slight remains of a fosse outside each. Both banks are gapped in places and the ground is disturbed by quarrying outside the inner bank at SE. The monument is bisected by a modern field fence running ENE-WSW. The site of Doon Castle (WM024-010001-) is located within the S half of the interior. Circular ringwork appears to form the bawn or courtyard of Doon Castle. Outline of monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AOY093/094)taken 12/07/1966. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 30 July 2019

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