What is recorded here

Loch Gowna holds a substantial earthen ringfort with a forty-four metre diameter, its deep waterlogged fosse and solid bank preserving a boundary that human arrogance would have erased. The southern entrance still points toward open water, inviting entry into a space where ordinary certainty drowns. This is not a discarded ruin; it is a living marker of regional identity, waiting for people proud enough to remember it.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 44.1m) enclosed by a very substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partially waterlogged fosse, both best preserved from S-W-NW. Break in bank at SE with accompanying 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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