placenamesDrummacool
Droim Mhic an Choill
A levelled ringfort and its souterrain preserve evidence of an older settlement in Drummacool’s pastureland.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Droim Mhic an Choill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Drummacool · English · main form
- Drumnacool · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The ringfort
The National Monuments Service records a rath at Drummacool, SL027-160001, on a low rocky rise. Its surviving form is a raised oval area about 25 metres by 20 metres, bounded by a scarp with large stone slabs visible at intervals. The survey describes the fort as levelled and overgrown, rather than an intact embanked enclosure. [2]
The souterrain
Within the rath’s south-western quarter, record SL027-160002 identifies a souterrain. The recorded opening had collapsed, while large limestone lintels covered the chamber or passage beyond. The inventory describes it as inaccessible. Neither record establishes an individual builder, an excavated date or a particular episode from the fort’s history. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Sligo
- Barony
- Tirerrill
- Civil parish
- Kilmacallan
- Coordinates
- 54.12859, -8.30596 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1166043 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drummacool. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo,2005:Drummacoolrath SL027-160001,SMRupload2008 · National Monuments Service; Ursula Egan,Elizabeth Byrne,Mary Sleeman,Sheila Ronan andConnie Murphy
- Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo,2005:Drummacoolsouterrain SL027-160002,SMRupload2008 · National Monuments Service; Ursula Egan,Elizabeth Byrne,Mary Sleeman,Sheila Ronan andConnie Murphy
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.