
What is recorded here
Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. This site has been largely levelled. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 24m NE-SW) formerly enclosed by a stone wall of which the outline only is now discernible. Original entrance not recognisable. Overgrown with scrub.
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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