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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drummole

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

One chamber, one door, two rings of dirt and a flat roof of grass. That is all Drummole keeps. The fairies never entered because the house had no walls high enough to trap them. They walked through the door, across the causeway and out the other side.
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with outer fosses. From ESE-SE and from SSW-N a modern field boundary encircles the site. Corresponding breaks in banks with causeway across inner fosse at E 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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