What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Drumbranned, County Leitrim: a grass-and-rush ring, 29m by 22m inside a 3.45m-wide earthen bank, with a 4m-wide fosse cut through at NE and SW. The hollow in the NW quadrant may be a collapsed underground passage, though no stones are visible. People called it a fairy fort because the shape and hidden hollow suggested more than a farm boundary; perhaps it was a boundary marker, a shelter, or a place for stories.

Located on a NW-facing slope in an undulating landscape. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims. 29m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.45m; int. H 0.35-0.45m; ext. H 1.6-2.15m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.7m) at NE, and an outer fosse (Wth 4m; ext. D 1.4m) which has been destroyed at NE by a trackway and at SW by a NW-SE field bank. There are traces of an outer bank surviving at SE (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.2m) and NW. A hollow (L 11m; Wth 5.5m; D 0.85m) in the NW quadrant may be a collapsed Man-made underground passage, although no stones are visible. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.