What is recorded here

Drumhurt holds a forty-three-metre earthen ring where human hands shaped the soil long before modern towers occupied its centre. The bank still rises at the northeast, but ploughs and field boundaries have swallowed the rest, leaving only a faint trace for those who know where to look. A water tower now stands inside the ancient circle, drinking rain and forcing people to wonder whether it stores life for the town or guards something forgotten beneath the grass.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 43.1m) enclosed by an earthen bank and a fosse. Bank only survives in its original form at NE. From NNE-S-SSW the perimeter has been incorporated into the field boundary. Elsewhere it has been levelled but its outline may still be traced. An earlier report (OPW 1969) noted a possible entrance feature at NE. Internal area is largely occupied by a modern water tower. 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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