
What is recorded here
Walsh’s Fort in Drumena, County Down, holds a man-made underground passage beside old house sites, waiting for boots on stone. The fort may have watched the land, hidden people, or simply marked a boundary nobody wrote down. Its name suggests Walsh lived there long enough to become the place itself.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASHEL with Man-made underground passage & HOUSE SITES: WALSH'S FORT. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: State Care. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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