What is recorded here
Not marked on any OS ed. Site is divided into two unequal portions by a field boundary running NE-SW. The larger portion SE of the boundary has been levelled. On the NW side of the boundary it survives as an earthen platform (dims. 42.3m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE). No indication of an external fosse. Original entrance not recognisable.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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