What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumavaddy (tullygarvey By.) is a raised circular area, about 38m across inside the bank, where a narrow NE gap and wide causeway still mark the entrance. People may have lived, hidden or gathered there before modern field boundaries closed three sides of the ring. The fairies, in local story, took the rest, leaving a hole in the ground that looks like a fort only because humans can still picture walls.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank and a wide, shallow fosse. Narrow break in bank with accompanying wide causeway at NE represents original entrance. From NE-S-W the site is enclosed by modern field boundaries. 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

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