That combination, a recognised archaeological feature set within a historic demesne landscape, with almost nothing formally published about it, gives the site a particular quality of obscurity that is not the same as insignificance.

Doonass itself is a name with some resonance in Clare. The demesne sits near the River Shannon at a stretch long associated with the Falls of Doonass, a dramatic cascade that drew tourists and artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and featured in early accounts of Irish scenic landscapes. Demesnes of that period were not simply ornamental; they frequently incorporated or obscured earlier features of the land, including earthworks that might date to anything from the early medieval period through to post-medieval land management. Earthworks is a broad category in Irish archaeology, encompassing enclosures, banks, ditches, field boundaries, and platforms of various functions and ages. Without more detailed survey information, it is not possible to say what period or purpose this particular feature belongs to, which is itself a reason to note its existence.