Doon Hill, County Galway
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| Doon Hill | |
| County Galway | |
|---|---|
 Doon Hill behind Bunowen Castle | |
| Summit: | 220 feet L594426 53°24’54"N, 10°6’55"W |
Doon Hill is a little but locally prominent hill on the shore of County Galway. It stands just 220 feet high, rising sharply above the low-lying landscape, by Aillebrack, near Ballyconneely. In origin, the hill appears to be an extinct volcano.
Though of no great height, Doon Hill is a seamark for fishermen sailing back to Bunowen Pier.
A watch station stands on the summit. It was built by the Royal Navy and during the First World War it was manned to observe movements at sea: local tradition has it that a station was first built in the Napoleonic period. The post served the same purpose for the Irish Free State during the Second, albeit then guarding the state's neutrality.
At the foot of the hill stands the ruin of Bunowen Castle.
