What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumdillure stands at the E end of a prominent E-W drumlin ridge in County Leitrim, Ireland. A steep-sided earthen bank encloses a circular grass and reed-covered area, with an outer bank and fosse still visible despite a later field bank crossing the site. This is a rath, a defended or domestic ringfort where people may have lived, stored grain or kept animals beneath an open sky.

Located at the E end of a prominent E-W drumlin ridge (L of top c. 300m). Circular grass and reed-covered area (int. diam. 33.2m N-S; 32.8m E-W) defined by a steep-sided, round-topped earthen bank (Wth 4.55m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.35m) with some bushes separated by a fosse (Wth 3.3m) from an outer bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.2m), which is reduced to a scarp at N. The monument is overlain by a NE-SW field bank. Rath (LE007-034----) is c. 90m to the W. 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

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