What is recorded here

Castlecosby is a largely ploughed-out earthen ringfort in County Cavan, Ireland. Its faint circular shadow still marks a human boundary, even though soil and plough have blurred most of the shape. The surviving bank and northeastern ditch suggest a place made for defense, residence, or exclusion. What is gone has not stopped the field from remembering the form.

A largely ploughed-out, slightly raised circular area (int. dims. 44.6m N-S; 42.5m E-W) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank and a fosse which is identifiable only at NE. Original entrance may have been at SSE. 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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