Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killycarney, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killycarney
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.28528, -7.91930
- SMR number
- CV002-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An almost circular raised area (int. diam. 20.1m N-S) enclosed by a largely collapsed drystone wall (H lm; Wth 5.25m). A possible house platform (dims. 7.4m NE-SW; 6.4m NW-SE) is situated in the NE sector of the interior. Possible outer enclosure attached to the site from E-S-W defined by an irregular bank of earth and stone which incorporates bedrock.
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
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.