THE TOWNLAND OF DRUMATEE

The townland of Drumatee is in the parish of Mullaghbrack in Armagh County. It is labelled number 15 on the map.

Paterson (Armachiana, Vol. 16, p.21) notes:

Drum (Druim) [meaning 'ridge'] is one of the most common names and figures as a prefix to about 2,400 places besides an equal number in which it is combined.

The Environment and Heritage Service Sites and Monuments Record (2002) notes the following in this townland:

Cleeland's Fort, a rath of the Early Christian Period.
SMR NO: ARM 017:042
GRIDREF: H95064155
CONDITION: SOME REMAINS
"An oval platform c.30m E-W x c.35.5m N-S. Around the S & W a low bank & modern hedge curve round the edge of the platform. Beyond this is a steep scarp falling 1.8m to the base of an external ditch c.2.5m wide x 0.5m deep. The E side is marked by a bank 1.8m wide & 0.2m high -this may not be original. The N side is also uncertain. A hedge boundary may preserve this section, but a slight scarp 14m S of this may be the original edge. Erosion by cattle has revealed stone in the bank - see SM7 for details."

PRONI records: D.1644 (Expired leases of Earl of Charlemont's estate.); OS/6/2/17/1 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/17/2 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/17/3 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908. Reprinted 1929, 1932.); OS/6/2/17/4 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1954-5. Levelled 1889, 1892 and 1906. Published 1958 (2 copies).); VAL/1B/213 (1st valuation records.); VAL/12B/10/24A, VAL/12B/10/24B, VAL/12B/10/24C, VAL/12B/10/24D, VAL/12B/10/29D (Valuation annual revision list.); VAL/2B/2/12A (Griffith valuation list.).

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