What is recorded here

Marked on all OS eds. Situated adjacent to a stream. Small oval drystone-built structure (H 1.6m; int. dims. 2.4m NW-SE; 1.5m NE-SW) of beehive-type construction, roofed internally by a flat slab. Partly built into a hillside at SE. Lintelled entrance at NE (H 0.7m; Wth 0.5m). Richardson (1939, 34) recorded 'a flue on each side of it'. 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

A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.

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