What is recorded here
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 27m) enclosed by three earthen banks with wide, deep, partly waterlogged intermediate fosses. While the middle bank is very substantial, the outer one has been replaced by a modern field boundary. Original entrance represented by corresponding breaks in the middle and inner banks with accompanying causeways.
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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