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Lough Island Reavy on the Castlewellan to Hilltown  road,
Drumena Cashel is an oval cashel measuring about 40m by 33m with a wall
averaging 2.75 meters (8.2 Ft) high and 3.3 (10.8 Ft) thick, it was excevated
in 1925 and partially restored.
The present entrance may not be original, nor the
present main entrance to the souterrain or stone hiding-place which leads
from ruins of buildings which may be of recent date. The souterrain is
15 meters long, 2.1 meters high, and has a rectangular chamber facing
the original narrow entrance which is at the opposite end to the modern
widened one.
Directions from Castlewellan take the road to Newry
you will find a sign for Drumena Cashel on the left.
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