
What is recorded here
Depicted as a tree-covered enclosure on the OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised oval area (int. dims.50.2m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and traces of an outer fosse which has been modified and incorporated into the field drainage system. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at S is probably modern. Known in the locality as a 'Fort'.
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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