What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumbaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumbaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope and preserves a circular earthen bank, a dry surrounding fosse, and an eastern causewayed entrance. A man-made underground passage occupies the north-west quadrant while another earthwork lies one hundred metres to the east.

On a gentle S-facing slope. When inspected in 1994 it consisted of a slightly raised circular area (28m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.75m). A dry flat-bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 6m) was evident all round. A flat-topped outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 0.75m) was evident SSE-NW. There was a field boundary on the line of the outer bank NW-NE. A causewayed entrance (Wth 2.2m) was at E. The interior was covered in bracken and brambles and there is a Man-made underground passage (SL043-001002-) in the NW quadrant. An earthwork (SL043-002----) lies c. 100m to E. 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 revision: 22 April 2010

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