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Dúchathair. Dún Dúchathair or simply Dúchathair (anglicized Doocaher), [1] meaning "black fort", is a large stone fort on the cliffs at Cill Éinne, (Killeany), Inishmore (one of the Aran Islands) in County Galway, Ireland. [2] Due to erosion, it now sits on a rocky promontory that stretches out into the sea. On its outer side there are ...
Dún Dúchathair ('Black Stone Ringfort"), Dún Eoghanachta ('Fort of the Eóganachta '), and Dún Eochla are similar prehistoric sites on Inis Mór. Dún Chonchúir ('Fort of Conchobar') is located on nearby Inis Meáin.
Black Fort (Dún Dúchathair) O'Brien's Castle on Inisheer was built in the 14th century. The castle was taken from the O'Briens by the O'Flaherty clan of Connemara in 1582. Teampull Bheanáin is considered the smallest church in the world, [citation needed] and is notable for its orientation: north–south instead of east–west.
Ruined dun in Loch Steinacleit on Lewis Walls of Dún Aonghasa, a dun on Inishmore, Ireland Dunamase, central Ireland (from Irish Dún Másc, "Másc's fort") A dun is an ancient or medieval fort. In Great Britain and Ireland it is mainly a kind of hillfort and also a kind of Atlantic roundhouse .
Dún Briste (English: Dun Briste Sea Stack) is a natural sea stack or pilaster - in geomorphology called stack - that was formed in Ireland during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago.
The distribution of known, surviving ringforts in Ireland. In Irish language sources they are known by a number of names: ráth (anglicised rath, also Welsh rath), lios (anglicised lis; cognate with Cornish lis), [2] caiseal (anglicised cashel), cathair (anglicised caher or cahir; cognate with Welsh caer, Cornish and Breton ker) and dún (anglicised dun or doon; cognate with Welsh and Cornish ...
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The fort probably dates back to the first millennium AD. [9] At that time, sea levels were lower and the Aran Islands part of the mainland, and the other forts like Dún Aengus were not on the coast. They have been heavily damaged by time and the sea, but Dún Conor's central location has protected it. [10]