What is recorded here

Promontory fort stands in County Cavan, an oval of land where Dungummin Lough still touches three sides and a deep waterlogged ditch guards the fourth. Its south-west causeway marks the entrance, while a small shallow depression near the north-east edge may have held a hut or a limekiln. People shaped this place to keep out danger or claim visibility, and the lake has preserved that choice ever since.

Oval-shaped promontory (dims. 71.1m N-S; 62.5m E-W) surrounded by Dungummin Lough from SSW-N-SE and elsewhere enclosed by a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse and substantial earthen bank. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at SSW represents original entrance. Within the enclosed area at NE is a small approximately circular depression (D 0.88m; dims. 4.6m ENE-WSW; 4.2m NNW-SSE) which may be the remains of a hut site, although Davies (ITA Survey 1942) suggested that it might represent the remains of a limekiln. 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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