Overview
Indicated — Drumgole is recorded as Crannog at Drumgole. It preserves evidence of a home or defended living place built on a natural or made island in a lake. The source record also describes the surviving evidence; its details are kept below.
Who lived here and when
The record identifies Indicated — Drumgole as Crannog. It does not safely name every person, family or worker who used it, or fix all phases to exact years.
Homes and daily life
The recorded type points to a home or defended living place built on a natural or made island in a lake. That explains the likely everyday purpose without claiming people, tools or customs that the exact record does not prove.
What was found
The saved source says: Located towards the W end of the sub-oval Drumgole Lough (max. dims c. 720m ENE-WSW; c. 300m NNW-SSE) which is beginning to suffer depletion and infill at the W end. It is depicted as a small island on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular cairn (diam. 15m; H c. 1.5m) with some trees. There are no structural features evident but large quantities of animal bones are present. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018
Why it ended
The saved record does not establish one certain ending. A change in farming, water level, trade, fuel, ownership, route or settlement pattern may have ended the use, but no single cause is claimed without evidence.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Drumgole fixes a real piece of work or daily life to an exact place. Even where names are lost, its remains show how people obtained food and materials, organised land, made homes or adapted to the local ground.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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