
What is recorded here
Situated on a natural terrace on the slope of a high hill. The ground falls steeply to a stream 20m to W. Trapezium-shaped area (int. dims. c. 28m N-S x 27.5m across its broader S side) enclosed by the remains of a bank and fosse on its W side and elsewhere by a low earthen bank and a well-defined, partly waterlogged fosse. Original entrance not recognisable.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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