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KllFENOEA. 



220. Dooif (16). A conspicuous fort, 296 feet by 310 feet, at tlie 



eastern end of a long ridge near Kilfenora. It is pear-shaped 

 in plan, and consists of a well-cut fosse in the shale rock, 20 

 feet by 25 wide, and 5 feet deep. The ramparts of the fort are 

 of earth; the dry-stone facing remains in parts; the platform 

 is 15 feet above the field. There are two entrances to the 

 west, one had a mound crossing the fosse, the other had a plank 

 or drawbridge resting on a square-cut projection of shale rock. 

 There was an entrance to the east above the steepest slope of 

 the hill, reached by a flight of steps cut in the rock. Description 

 and plan, R.S.A.I., xxvri., p. 126. 



KilballyowejS-. 



221. DooNDoruEOE (65). A promontory fort, consisting of a fosse 



between two earthworks cuiwing outwards across the neck of a 

 headland of the cliffs of Tullig. The country slopes from the 

 coast, so that this fort is a conspicuous object inland. 



HANNON 



F:g. 9. — Doonmore — Horse Island. 



222. DooNiioKE or Hoese Island (71). A fort of very unusual design 

 from its adaptation of natural features. It is founded on a 

 peninsula joined to the land by a long bank of di-ift, about 100 

 feet high, which seems to have been shaped artificially (n). A 

 shallow bay is formed in the cmwing strata on each side, and 



