What is recorded here

An unknown human family may have circled that causeway at dusk, listening for breath in the grass before entering the double-ringed fort in Drumnagress. Its two earthen banks and central ditch still draw a line around thirty-nine metres of exposed ground, while a modern fence takes the place of the missing outer ridge. The fairies in its name do not diminish the fact that people shaped the earth, entered through the south-west gap and left a room large enough for memory.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 39.6m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intermediate fosse. Outer bank absent from SE-SSW where it is partly replaced by a modern fence. Break in inner bank with accompanying causeway at SSW probably 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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