Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumroosk (clanmahon By.)

Fairy forts are often little more than a vague ring of stones or a shallow depression in the grass, but Drumroosk is different. It is a substantial earthen bank, still tall and unbroken in places, surrounding a large inner space nearly fifty metres across. The causeway at the northeast entrance is still visible, a deliberate gap in the defences that invites you in. Walk that causeway at dusk and the fort feels less like a ruin and more like a threshold, as if the land itself is still holding its shape for someone who has not yet returned.