Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Keilagh, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keilagh
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04205, -7.55059
- SMR number
- CV014-038----
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
Raised oval area (int. dims. 37m NNE-SSW; 32m WNW-ESE) enclosed by two earthen banks with outer fosses. The inner bank and fosse have been largely levelled as have the outer bank and fosse from N-E-SSW. Original entrance was probably at S.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bawn1 mi
- Mausoleum1 mi
- Castle - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.