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At a glance
- TypePromontory fort - inland
What to look for
- Bank and ditch
- Entrance gap
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
Depicted on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. as a large subrectangular enclosure at the NW end of a long, low promontory, jutting into Milltown Lough. Subrectangular area (int. dims c. 42m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) cut off from the mainland by fragmentary traces of a scarp with wide, shallow, external fosse (Wth c. 4m).
Full archaeological record 88 words
Depicted on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. as a large subrectangular enclosure at the NW end of a long, low promontory, jutting into Milltown Lough. Subrectangular area (int. dims c. 42m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) cut off from the mainland by fragmentary traces of a scarp with wide, shallow, external fosse (Wth c. 4m). Scarp is identifiable only from SE-S-SW. Davies (ITA Survey 1942) recorded 'a rather sunken causeway' at S which he believed probably represented the original entrance. A large rectangular enclosure lies c. 30m to SE (CV028-022----).
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 22 December 2008 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Also recorded nearby
Named sites within 5 km with only a short entry in the Archaeological Survey.
- Saint Anne's WellRitual site - holy well · Killan · 2.2 km · official record
Marked on all OS eds. Situated in low-lying ground near a stream. No visible remains at ground level. Killan church lies 400m to SW (CV028-027001-).
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Around Glasleck
Recorded within 5 km
- 54 ringfortsArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 4 ancient churchesArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 3 megalithic tombsArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 2 holy wellsArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 1 castleArchaeological Survey of Ireland
Walks and trails
- Bailieborough Castle Lake Loop (PJ's Way)Walking Trail · 3.7 km · nearest point 5.7 km
- Cornasaus Trail LoopWalking Trail · 2.7 km · nearest point 6.6 km
- Bracklin Loop TrailWalking Trail · 6.0 km · nearest point 6.7 km
Outdoors, towns and places to stay
- BailieboroughForests · 5.7 km
- Senator Billy Fox Memorial ParkForests · 6.6 km
- Greaghlone LakeBeaches · 4.9 km
- Creevy LakeBeaches · 13 km
- KnocknalossetHistoric stays · 6.8 km
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