Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Duneel, County Westmeath, Ireland
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
- 53.50182, -7.62545
- SMR number
- WM024-010001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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. Depicted on the 1913 ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘Doon Castle (Site of)’. Monument described in 1971 as a large subrectangular-shaped enclosure located within the S half of ringwork (WM024-010----). It is enclosed by a low, broad grass-covered bank and divided internally by faint traces of a grass-covered earth and stone bank. 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
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.