Castle in Dungummin Upper, County Cavan

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Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A rectangular structure aligned NW-SE is shown within the W portion of the enclosed area. The site comprises a large, oval-shaped, natural earthen mound with scarped sides and flattened summit (dims of summit c. 39.5m NE-SW; c. 28m NW-SW). In the SW quadrant there is a low, narrow, stone-built circular tower standing on a larger rounded stone structure which appears to be a folly probably of late 18th or early 19th-century construction. The monument is densely overgrown with vegetation rendering inspection difficult. Davies (1947a, 86) described this as a 14th or 15th-century castle 'of keep and bawn type'. However there is no documentary or archaeological evidence to validate this claim.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV042-017001

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