Drumena

Drumena		Ring Fort

County	Down	Coordinates	N 54° 14' 18.0" W 005° 59' 23.0"
Nearest town	Castlewellan	Grid Ref.	J 31115 34035
Map No.	29	Elevation a.s.l. (m)	115
Date of visit	Saturday 6 May 2006	GPS Accuracy (m)	9
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The enclosure seen from the northwest. On the opposite side there are two entrance passages. One on the east end, the other one, much wider, on the south end. In the center of the enclosed field there are the remains of some stone huts or buildings probably used as dwellings..

This circular enclosure has a diameter of about 40 metres. The remaining walls have an height that varies from 1 metre to 1.80 metres, and a thickness of about 3 metres. In the inner area there are three accesses to interconnected underground galleries.
The galleries have a length from 1 to 5 metres and a height of about 1.50 metres.
In the centre of the enclosure some stones outline what were huts or other buildings.

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