Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a shelf on the SW-facing slope of a drumlin, where it is overlooking an E-W section of the Annalee River which is c. 250m to the S. This is a raised circular and overgrown area (diam. 34m E-W) that slopes down to the S. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.2-6.1m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 2.7m at E to 3.3m at W) with some trees that is separated by an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6.1 at W to 8.2m at E; Wth of base 1.4-2m; ext. D 1.4-1.8m) from an outer flat-topped bank (Wth of base 4-5.5m; Wth of top 1.3m; ext. H 1.5-1.7m). The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 2m) and a causeway (Wth of top 2.8m; H 0.2m) are at SSE, but a gap through the outer bank (Wth of base 1.2m) here is for drainage to a field drain outside the outer bank SE-SW. This suggests that outer bank might not be original.

This is a National Monument in state ownership (NM00585) and it is accessed by a path from the R188 Cootehill to Cavan road c. 350m to the E, and along the N side of a field bank.

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 revision: 27 July 2018