
What is recorded here
Raised circular area (int. diam. 8m) enclosed by a low, narrow earthen bank accompanied by an apparently modern external trench. Site is divided into two roughly equal portions by a field bank running NW-SE, the area SW of which has been levelled. Entrance feature (Wth 3m) at N. Known locally as a 'fort'.
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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