Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Killyfana, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killyfana
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.10286, -7.35445
- SMR number
- CV011-022001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The remains of what may have been a bawn possibly built by Richard Tyrell of Killyfana in the 17th century were noted by Davies (1948, 95) at this location. He described some curious banks enclosing a rectangular area c. 21m wide, of which there are now no visible remains at ground level.
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
References
Davies, O. 1948 The castles of county Cavan, Part 2. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 80-126.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.