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Castle - ringwork

Duneel, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork, Duneel, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Duneel
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Doon Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Doon Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
53.50189, -7.62548
SMR number
WM024-010----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

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

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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