Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Moneygashel, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneygashel
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25402, -7.90952
- SMR number
- CV004-016001-
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
Raised circular area (int. diam. 24.7m) enclosed by a massive stone wall. Within the thickness of the wall there is an external stairway at S comprising seven steps, and two internal stairways at NW and NE, both of which have been blocked up. A souterrain (CV004-016003-) entrance is visible in the external face of the wall at S. A largely blocked-up water conduit, which it is believed (Richardson 1938, 20, and local information) carried water to the site from a stream higher up on the hill, is visible in the internal face of the wall at S. (Milligan 1890-1, 580-2; Lowry-Corry and Richardson 1937, 163-4; Richardson and Lowry-Corry 1938, 21)
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.