What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Drumsawry or Summerbank: a circular grass ring, thirty metres across, set on the north slope of Carnbane West hill, with an earthen bank and a shallow outer ditch. The bank is higher on the west and the ditch is clearer there, while a field edge has cut into the north-east part. The entrance faces south-east, with a low causeway leading in. A fort is a place for living, defending and remembering; this one has kept its shape through centuries of rain, grass and forgotten feet.

Located towards the top of the N-facing slope of Carnbane West hill. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-6m; int. H 0.2m at ENE to 1.2m at WSW), and an outer, rounded fosse that is best preserved (at WSW: Wth of top 5m; ext. D 1m) SE-WNW but its outer edge is clipped by a N-S field bank W-NW and it is largely reduced to a berm N-E. The entrance (Wth of base 1.1m) and a slight causeway (Wth 5.7m; H 0.25m) are at SSE. Archaeological testing (15E0276) by R. Meenan c. 200m to the NNE produced no related material (excavations.ie 2015:365). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 January 2019 Amended: 9 April 2021

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