What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Drumlane, County Cavan, is a raised circular area twenty-eight metres across, enclosed by a slight earthen bank and fosse beside a river ravine. People may have lived there, marked territory or simply shaped the land for shelter. The fairies, according to local story, took the fort back and will not share it.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 28.3m) enclosed by a slight earthen bank and a fosse. An earlier description (OPW 1968) suggested that original entrance may have been at ESE. From NW-NE the site is bounded by a river ravine. 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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