What is recorded here

Killastueran Fort is a low earthen ring in County Cavan, enclosing an oval space roughly thirty metres across. Local tradition holds that the site marks a children's burial ground from 1740, while older accounts suggest it may have been a church. The entrance has vanished beneath soil and time, leaving only the bank to outline what stood within.

Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 32m NNW-SSE; 30m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. Original entrance not recognisable. Davies (1948, 116) recorded that the rath is 'believed to be a church site' (CV023-030002-) while there is a local tradition that it marks the site of a children's burial ground (1740). 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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