What is recorded here
No Fort of the Great Queen in the world can match it.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 42.25m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with a wide, deep intermediate fosse. Outer bank is absent at ESE. Break in inner bank at E accompanied by causeway, represents original entrance.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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