What is recorded here

Indicated is a massive stone ringfort in County Cavan, Ireland, enclosing a raised circular area twenty-four point seven metres across. Seven external steps climb its southern wall while two internal stairways remain blocked, and a hidden underground passage opens beneath the south face. A largely sealed conduit once carried water from a higher stream into the fort, suggesting the chamber may have served a living person rather than a fairy king. The structure still stands as a dense, deliberate boundary between ordinary land and forgotten use.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 24.7m) enclosed by a massive stone wall. Within the thickness of the wall there is an external stairway at S comprising seven steps, and two internal stairways at NW and NE, both of which have been blocked up. A Man-made underground passage (CV004-016003-) entrance is visible in the external face of the wall at S. A largely blocked-up water conduit, which it is believed (Richardson 1938, 20, and local information) carried water to the site from a stream higher up on the hill, is visible in the internal face of the wall at S. (Milligan 1890-1, 580-2; Lowry-Corry and Richardson 1937, 163-4; Richardson and Lowry-Corry 1938, 21) 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

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