Drumgorman Triple-Banked Fairy Fort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Three banks circle a small world in Donegal pasture, the outer ridge standing one and a half metres tall while the middle ditch cuts three and a half metres wide. A causeway bridges the water-filled gap at the north-east, where a lone stone marks the entrance beneath an open sky. The inner bank has nearly vanished elsewhere, surrendered to rain and time, but the triple line still holds its shape on the drumlin. People may have lived inside, or excluded them, the earth arranged like a vow rather than a wall.

Internal diam. 27m. A circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and the remains of a fosse and outer bank particularly evident on the NE side but elsewhere much eroded or gone. The inner bank is up to .95m in height and the fosse is up to 3.7m wide and up to c. 1.3m in depth. The outer bank is up to 1.4m in height. A 3.3m gap in the inner bank to the NE coincides with a causeway across the fosse and a gap in the outer bank. A stone c. 0.6m long is set in the inner bank here and probably marks the entrance. The site is located in good pasture on a drumlin with restricted views. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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