What is recorded here
Mortons example of an Irish ringfort. A raised circular area, about eighteen metres across, still stands within a broken earthen bank. The wide northern gap marks the entrance, while the remaining ridge and shallow ditch outline the shape of a home or stronghold lost to time.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 18.6m) enclosed by a low earthen bank which survives only from W-N-NE, and a fosse identifiable from NW-N. Elsewhere the internal area is defined by a low scarp. Very wide break in perimeter at NE presumably 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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