What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Drumsna, County Leitrim: a 65-metre grass ring on a drumlin slope, with a shallow fosse and low scarp instead of a proud wall. People called it a fairy fort because the shape appeared sudden and complete, as if the land had folded itself around a hidden room. A house and garden now bite into one edge, yet the circle still reads clearly from above, keeping its quiet claim on the hill.

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope of a drumlin. It is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but it is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 2/8548-9) and some later series (OSAP: 2000; 2005). This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 65m E-W; 62m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth of base 2.9m; int. D 0.5m; ext. D 0.2m) SW-N and by a scarp (max. H 0.4m) elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified and the perimeter is slightly intruded on by a house and garden at NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2017

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