What is recorded here

Drumturk held a subtriangular fort marked in gothic lettering on the 1834 map, but human quarrying and erosion removed its entrance and much of its shape before modern recording. The fairies may have taken what the men broke, leaving only a low oval shadow on the plateau.

Located on a low-lying plateau. It is depicted as a subtriangular embanked enclosure on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and it is depicted as an oval hachured feature on the 1907 edition. It was recorded in the 1967 as an oval, slightly domed (H 0.8m) grass-covered area (dims c. 49.5m NNW-SSE; 34.3m E-W; ) defined by a scarp (at W: Wth 2m; H 0.7m) and traces of an eroded fosse W-N-E (at E: Wth of top 9m; int. D 0.8m; ext. D 0.1m). The interior and the perimeter at S were disturbed by ancient quarrying. There was no identifiable original entrance. It had been eroded away by 1984 The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 31 July 2017

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