Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Barran, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barran
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.26601, -7.94414
- SMR number
- CV003-002----
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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
Indicated on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 28m) enclosed by the moss-covered base of a stone rampart. The upper courses of the wall have been removed and the stones apparently utilised as building material for nearby field boundaries. Original entrance not recognisable.
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.