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At a glance
- TypeRingfort - rath
- StatusNational Monument
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
Situated at the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge with a NE-SW section of the Annalee River c. 350m to the S. This is a raised, circular and overgrown area (diam. 40m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6.3-6.5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 3.1m), and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.5-9m; Wth of base 2.7-3.5m; ext. D 0.4m at NNE to 1.5m at SSW) that only survives S-W-NE. The fosse is surrounded by the bank of a farm lane S-W, which increases its apparent depth in this area.
Full archaeological record 137 words
Situated at the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge with a NE-SW section of the Annalee River c. 350m to the S. This is a raised, circular and overgrown area (diam. 40m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6.3-6.5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 3.1m), and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.5-9m; Wth of base 2.7-3.5m; ext. D 0.4m at NNE to 1.5m at SSW) that only survives S-W-NE. The fosse is surrounded by the bank of a farm lane S-W, which increases its apparent depth in this area. The entrance through the bank (Wth of base 1.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 5.8m; H 1.5m) were recorded at SE in 1969 (SMR file) but these features are now more amorphous.
This is a National Monument in state ownership, No. 585.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 27 July 2018 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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