What is recorded here
Sited on the SW shoulder of a high drumlin hill. Low circular earthen mound (diam. 5m; H 0.5m) enclosed by a low earthen bank with shallow internal fosse. One of six small circular enclosures noted on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. under the collective designation 'Cromwell's Camp' - presumably a barrow cemetery.
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: 12 January 2009
A Neolithic or Bronze Age circular enclosure, likely a small ritual or funerary monument; part of a group noted in the 19th century, indicating a possible ceremonial landscape.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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St. Patricks WellHoly well · 1.3 mi
St Matthew's Roman Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1.3 mi
AghadreenaghMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Raven's RockNamed rock · 1.8 mi
mill (water)mill (water) · 2.0 mi
Derry ForestForest · 2.1 mi
Ancient Order of Hibernians MemorialMemorial · 2.1 mi
Ardkill ForestForest · 3.2 mi
To The Memory of P.J. DukeMemorial · 3.3 mi
Carricknagore RockNamed rock · 3.6 mi