What is recorded here
A large irregularly shaped former island close to the N shore of Mullagh Lough. Water- levels in the lake have dropped and the island is now joined to the mainland. Davies (1947, 98) recorded that the island is 'cut off from the mainland by a bank and fosse to form a promontory rath'. He speculated that 'this work might have been the predecessor of Cloghballybeg castle (CV040-005----), or it may be much older'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV040-042
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Gorteen HouseHouse · 490 ydGrave YardGraveyard · 518 ydMullagh Church of Ireland ChurchChurch/chapel · 530 ydCloghballybeg ForestForest · 970 ydOgham stone (present location) in MullaghOgham stone (present location) · 1072 ydCloghbally LowerMountain / peak · 1.0 miCastleCastle, unclassified · 1.2 miSit of Old CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.5 miCornaglare or PalmiraMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Gorteen HouseHouse · 490 yd
Grave YardGraveyard · 518 yd
Mullagh Church of Ireland ChurchChurch/chapel · 530 ydCloghballybeg ForestForest · 970 yd.jpg/250px-Rantavan-Mullagh_(2).jpg "Photo: Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0")
Ogham stone (present location) in MullaghOgham stone (present location) · 1072 ydCloghbally LowerMountain / peak · 1.0 miCastleCastle, unclassified · 1.2 miSit of Old CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.5 miCornaglare or PalmiraMountain / peak · 1.8 miPictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
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