Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loortan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loortan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05793, -7.15566
- SMR number
- CV017-056----
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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
Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised, almost circular area (int. diam. c. 26m) the enclosing elements of which have been incorporated into the field boundary from S-W-WNW. Elsewhere it has been levelled and the delimiting feature is a much-defaced scarp. Original entrance not recognisable.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.