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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dún Chonchúir - Stone Fort or Dun in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Galway

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 07 May 2011  Page Views: 9112

Multi-periodSite Name: Dún Chonchúir Alternative Name: Doon Conor
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Galway Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Latitude: 53.083333N  Longitude: 9.583333W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3
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Dún Chonchúir
Dún Chonchúir submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1970/80s (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Fort in Co. Galway

This spectacular fort can be seen from the sea as one approaches Inis Meáin - it lies about halfway along the island and overlooks a natural fault. The fort was defended by a massive inner wall, over 8m wide in places and which enclosed an area 70m by 40m. A slighter outer wall runs concentrically around all but the western side of the fort and a square forework projects from this on the northeast side. The western perimeter was protected by a rock cut ditch, the excavation of which probably provided much of the stone for the construction of the fort itself - 14,000 tons of stone were needed to build the inner wall alone.

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Dún Chonchúir
Dún Chonchúir submitted by durhamnature : Plan drawing from "Ancient Forts of Ireland" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dún Chonchúir
Dún Chonchúir submitted by durhamnature : 1902 photo from "Ancient Forts of Ireland" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dún Chonchúir
Dún Chonchúir submitted by durhamnature : 1902 drawing from "Ancient Forts of Ireland" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dún Chonchúir
Dún Chonchúir submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

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