What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Drumbo, County Cavan: a raised circular area, 28.4m across inside, enclosed by a low earthen bank and a wide deep partly waterlogged fosse. A break in the bank with a causeway at the east marks the original entrance, and a low internal bank running north-west to south-west divides the interior into two roughly equal parts. People may have lived, stored, kept animals or gathered there before the name changed; the water in the ditch still suggests a place made to be entered, not forgotten.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 28.4m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at E represents original entrance. The interior is divided into two roughly equal portions by a wide and low earthen bank running NW-SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
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