What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumbaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumbaun, County Sligo, Ireland. The slightly raised circular area sits on a flat pasture terrace above the Owengarve River. An eroded earthen bank with numerous gaps encloses the grass-covered interior, while hawthorn and blackthorn bushes overgrow the edge.

In pasture, on a flat terrace above the Owengarve River c. 100m to S. A slightly raised circular area (26.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m). Numerous gaps occur in the bank. An external fosse (Wth 5.3m; D c. 0.3m) is evident WNW-ENE and along the SW arc. The interior is grass-covered. The edge of the rath is overgrown with hawthorn and blackthorn bushes. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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