THE TOWNLAND OF DRUMINURE

The townland of Druminure is in the parish of Ballymore in Armagh County. It
is labelled number 26 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:

Rath of the Early Christian Period.
SMR NO: ARM 013:022
Grid Ref: J02074335
Townland: DRUMINURE
Sitename: DRUMINURE FORT, GREER’S FORT?
Condition: traces only
A circular “Fort” c.40m diam is shown of the OS 6″ map of 1835. Field reports of the 1960’s describe a poorly preserved monument, defined only on its W & NW sides by a curved ditch and field boundary. The ditch had been re-cut for drainage and measured 0.6m deep and 3.4m wide. A slight counterscarp bank, 1.8m wide & 0.3m high may have been upcast by recutting. The ditch and field boundary on the W have since been removed, and only a short length survives on the N.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1. O. S. MEM BALLYMORE: BENNETT, 1835, SH.2, 5

Enclosure of uncertain period.
SMR NO: ARM 013:037
Grid Ref: J0243
Townland: DRUMINURE
Not precisely located.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1. PATERSON, T. G. F. NOTES, Vol. 135

PRONI records: VAL/1B/214, VAL/1B/214 (1st Valuation Records); OS/6/2/13/1
(Surveyed 1834-35. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/13/2 (Surveyed 1834-35. Revised 1860.
Engraved 1863 (Stat file copy).); OS/6/2/13/3 (Surveyed 1834-35. Revised 1905-06.
Published 1930.); OS/6/2/13/4 (Surveyed 1905-06. Revised 1954-55. Levelled 1888
and 1892 and 1902, 1905-1906. Levels part revised 1948. Published 1958. (2 copies).);
OS/6/2/14/1 (Surveyed 1834-35. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/14/2 (Surveyed 1834.
Revised 1860. Engraved 1863 (Stat file copy).); OS/6/2/14/3 (Surveyed 1834-35.
Revised 1906. Published 1908. Reprinted 1929. (2 copies).); OS/6/2/14/4 (Surveyed
1834-35. Revised 1906. Levelled 1905-06.Published 1908. Reprint 1951 and 1958.);
OS/6/2/14/5 (Surveyed 1834. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863 (Stat file copy). Reprinted
1937 with mss markings in red and stamped ref 2569, 2570.); OS/6/2/14/6 (Surveyed
1906. Revised 1954. Levelled 1892, 1902 and 1904-06. Published 1958 (2 copies).);
VAL/12B/11/5B, VAL/12B/11/5C, VAL/12B/11/5D, VAL/12B/11/5E (Valuation annual
revision list.); VAL/2B/2/32AC 1863 (Griffith valuation list.C 1863).