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Ruins · near Clifden

Doon Hill Signal Tower

Doon Hill Signal Tower is a ruin in the countryside 10.3 km south-west of Clifden, County Galway. Doon Hill, Ballindoon Church (site of) and Well of the Seven Daughters are within 247 m.

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From Clifden
10.3 km south-west

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Plan of the country around Doon Hill Signal Tower, 1.8 km across
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Getting to Doon Hill Signal Tower

From the town
10.3 km south-west of Market Square in a straight line; it is out in the country, so allow for the roads.
Directions from where you are
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Around it

Other sites within 3 km: Ballindoon Church (site of) (165 m), Well of the Seven Daughters (247 m), Doon Lough (325 m), Lough Derreen (880 m) and Aillebrack Lough (1.2 km).

Tower houses, the castles of the Irish countryside

The name begins with dún, the Irish for a stronghold of some importance, not always ring-shaped.

Many of the ruins mapped around Tuam are tower houses, the tall stone farm-castles of the later Middle Ages, built to be lived in with a small household and defended when it came to that, with a vaulted floor against fire, corner bartizans and a machicolation above the door.

Written from Wikipedia, "Tower house" (CC BY-SA 4.0); the words are ours.

Within a short walk

  1. 14 m
  2. Ballindoon Church (site of)
    Ringforts and sites
    165 m
  3. 247 m

Other ruins around Clifden

  1. 6.9 km
  2. 9.7 km
  3. 13.0 km
  4. 13.9 km
  5. 17.1 km

All 6 ruins around Clifden

Questions people ask

Where is Doon Hill Signal Tower?
In County Galway, 10.3 km south-west of Clifden.
Are there other ruins nearby?
5 other ruins around $Clifden; the closest is Marconi Wireless Station Site, 6.9 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/4311427005, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.