What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumgorey is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumgorey, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded a subcircular grass-covered area 36.5 metres east-west and 34 metres north-south on a southwest-facing slope. A stone-faced earthen bank 4 metres wide, 1 metre high internally and 1.2 metres high externally, defined the site; the bank joined a field boundary to the northeast and formed a 1.7-metre scarp downslope, with no visible ditch or entrance.

Situated on a SW-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 36.5m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with stone-facing (Wth 4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m), which is incorporated into a field bank N-E and reduced to a scarp (H 1.7m) elsewhere (downslope). There is no visible fosse or entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

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