What is recorded here

Drumhillagh holds a broad earthen ring and a waterlogged ditch that may have swallowed men whole. The broken south bank and its causeway still mark the entrance, while the modern north-east lip intrudes upon the old shape. Fairy fort is the local name, but the measurements and the ditch speak human: a defended place, large enough for herds, tools and argument.

Raised subcircular area (int. dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partially waterlogged fosse. A low earthen bank at outer lip of fosse from N-E is almost certainly modern. Break in bank at S with accompanying causeway presumably represents original entrance. 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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