What is recorded here

Drumskerry holds a twenty-six-metre clay circle where a broken south-east wall invites entry into forgotten life. People may have stood at that gap, watched the horizon or kept warmth inside the bank before the stones vanished. The fairies never appeared in the data, but they fill the empty room every time a human stops asking for proof.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 26m) enclosed by a low, wide, inner earthen bank, intermediate shallow fosse and very slight remains of an outer bank. Break in bank at SE may represent original entrance. 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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