What is recorded here

Lavagh Castle rises as a steep circular mound within a green plantation, its flat top spanning twenty-two metres above a deep surrounding ditch. A modern laneway skirts the base while shadows gather in the trees, suggesting a bridge once crossed the water to Holywell House. The mound still holds its shape against time, waiting for footsteps that may have vanished centuries ago.

Situated within a tree plantation. Motte is a high, very steep-sided, circular mound (diam. at base c. 28m; H c. 3.5m) with a flat-topped summit (diam. c. 22m N-S). It is enclosed by a fosse which is wide and deep from NW-N-ENE and identifiable only as slight traces from ENE-E-ESE. Site is skirted by a modern laneway from SSE-S-W. An earlier report (SMR file, 1970) described a segment of mortared masonry built against the counterscarp at NW which may have formed part of a bridge connecting the site with 'Holywell House' c. 25m to ENE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 22 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 30/1976).

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