What is recorded here

Castle rises on a high drumlin hill in Castlerahan, where two massive earth and stone banks still trap a deep central ditch around a raised rectangular platform. Foundations for a rectangular hall, a possible gatehouse, and a larger circular tower dot the inside, suggesting a fierce local stronghold rather than a polite country house. An 18th-century church lies nearby, perhaps marking a older worship place that watched the castle keep its vigil.

Situated on the summit of a high drumlin hill. Adjacent to the site at SW are the remains of an 18th-century church, thought to have been built on or close to the site of a medieval church (CV038-008003-; CV038-008002-). Raised subrectangular platform (H c. 4m; int. dims c. 42m NE-SW; c. 24m N-S) enclosed by two very substantial banks of earth and stone with wide, deep intermediate fosse. Foundations of a rectangular building (int. dims c. 11m NE-SW; c. 7m NW-SE) lie within the enclosed area in SW quadrant and those of a circular structure (int. diam. c. 6.5m) which Davies (1947a, 88) postulated was a gatehouse, occur at NE. At SW he identified the foundations of a second approximately circular structure (diam. c. 11m) which he interpreted as the remains of a tower. (CUCAP: AYS 34, AYS 35, AYS 36) 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/revision: 22 December 2008

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