Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumbreanlis

Situated on the E-facing slope of a small N-S ridge with a higher drumlin c. 150m to the E. It is depicted as a subrectangular area described as a ‘Fort’ on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a subrectangular hachured feature incorporating field boundaries on the 1907 edition. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 57m E-W; 56m N-S) defined by an earthen bank incorporated in a field bank (Wth of base 4.6m; max. H 0.8m) SW-N, and by an external scarp (max. H 0.4m) elsewhere, although it melds into the natural slope NE-SE. A band of lush vegetation (Wth 1-2m) outside the scarp may be the remains of a fosse but there is no indication of an entrance. The field bank had been removed by 2000 (OSAP). 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: 14 October 2019