What is recorded here
Drumfane holds a raised rath and a man-made underground passage, waiting beneath the soil like a forgotten room. The official record leaves the age uncertain, but the shape is clear: human hands built a boundary and a way through the earth. That much is certain. The rest belongs to imagination, memory and the life that may have moved through the passage long before writing arrived.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RAISED RATH & Man-made underground passage. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; UNCERTAIN. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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