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Rahardrum

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Small oval-shaped island (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 36m NW-SE) in Lough Ramor, separated from the mainland by a deep and narrow fosse. Davies (1947a, 97-8) suggested that this may have been the site of a late 16th-century O'Reilly castle which possibly superseded an earlier 15th-century fortification. There are no visible remains at ground level and the castle is not represented on the Down Survey (1656-8) map of Castlerahan barony, for which see this web-page accessed on 13/04/2016. http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Castlerahan&c=Cavan The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995).
Small oval-shaped island (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 36m NW-SE) in Lough Ramor, separated from the mainland by a deep and narrow fosse. Davies (1947a, 97-8) suggested that this may have been the site of a late 16th-century O'Reilly castle which possibly superseded an earlier 15th-century fortification. There are no visible remains at ground level and the castle is not represented on the Down Survey (1656-8) map of…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV039-077

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • P Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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