What is recorded here
Circular area (int. diam. 54m) enclosed by a well-built drystone wall which appears to have been erected on an earlier rampart. Original entrance not recognisable. A blocked-up holy well occurs inside the wall at NE (CV024-037003-). Believed locally to be a famine graveyard. (Davies 1948, 98)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV024-037001
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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- Adam Simpson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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