What is recorded here

Drumagolan held a circular fort on a high drumlin hill, marked clearly on maps before human hands erased it. The entrance vanished before the earth itself, leaving only a faint memory of a boundary where people once drew a line between inside and outside.

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated just S of the summit of a high drumlin hill. An earlier report (OPW 1969) described a roughly circular area enclosed by very slight traces of a fosse and scarp. Original entrance was not recognisable. Site has since been levelled. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumagolan is a small, circular earthwork likely dating to the early medieval period, associated with both ancient settlement and later folklore surrounding fairies and otherworldly beings. Marked as a 'Fort' on early Ordnance Survey maps, it is situated on a prominent drumlin hill and may have had a defensive or ritual function.

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