What is recorded here

Ten metres of packed earth and postholes stretch across the western edge of Drumanagh fort, marking a long chamber where craft and trade collided. Roman pottery, glass beads and animal bones scatter around the structure, suggesting people from distant shores worked or bartered inside this Irish landmark. The chamber may have served as a workshop, a trading post or a temporary home for travellers who crossed the sea. Its clean lines and foreign objects reveal that Drumanagh was never isolated, but a place where local life and wider worlds touched.

Excavation (C786/E4805) undertaken as part of the Fingal County Council’s Digging Drumanagh project identified a rectilinear structure (exposed for c. 10m N-S x 2m E-W) comprised of metalled surface, postholes and large stones in the WSW quadrant of Drumanagh promontory fort (DU008-006001-). Animal bone and artefact rich material associated with the structure indicate textile/craft working. Sherds of at least four different types of pottery from the Roman world were recovered as were fragments of glass vessels and a number of glass beads (Baker 2022). References: Baker, C. 2022 Digging Drumanagh Season III, Preliminary Report (Licence C786/E4805) https://www.fingal.ie/digging-drumanagh Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 March 2023

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