What is recorded here
Drumhawnagh holds a substantial earthen ringfort with a thirty-three-metre diameter, its deep waterlogged fosse and modified bank still shaping the local field boundary. The original entrance has vanished beneath soil and time, leaving the circular home without a visible door. People may have lived inside this strange threshold, waiting for others to appear from the darkness rather than entering through a known path.
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 33m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank modified and incorporated into the field boundary and a wide, deep, partially waterlogged fosse. Original entrance not recognisable.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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