Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Roebuck, County Cavan

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a low earthen bank faced externally with drystone masonry and incorporated into the field boundary, and vague traces of a shallow fosse identifiable only from N-E-S. A low counterscarp bank surrounds the fosse. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV042-043

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Britishfinance, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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