Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardonan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardonan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05165, -7.44652
- SMR number
- CV015-003----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Raised subrectangular area (int. dims. c. 46mNNW-SSE; c. 38m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial, although partly levelled, earthen bank and a fosse. Only the outline of the perimeter can be traced from NE-E-SE. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at NNW probably represents original entrance. A large D-shaped annex (int. dims. c. 41m ENE-WSW; c. 23m NNW-SSE), defined by a low scarp, is separated from the main body of the rath by a wide, deep fosse.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.