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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 thickness of the walls.


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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