Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrycassan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrycassan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06071, -7.65932
- SMR number
- CV013-018----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on SSW slope of a high drumlin ridge overlooking Derrycassan Lough c. 40m to S. Raised oval area (int. dims. 38.3m E-W; c. 28m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank which is substantial from W-N-E and more poorly defined elsewhere, and a wide, deep fosse. At E the perimeter has been defaced as a result of the erection of a field boundary. An earlier report (OPW 1969) noted that the original entrance was at E.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.