Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Town defences
Townparks (cavan Urban District),tullymongan Lower,tullymongan Upper,kinnypottle,lurganboy (upper Loughtee By.),abbey Land,drumavanagh,keadew (cavan Rural & Urban), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (cavan Urban District),tullymongan Lower,tullymongan Upper,kinnypottle,lurganboy (upper Loughtee By.),abbey Land,drumavanagh,keadew (cavan Rural & Urban)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- CV020-055001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
After 1616 Sir Oliver Lambert was granted lands at Cavan town on condition that he built a citadel and town wall (Davies 1948, 98), but he seems to have built neither and the town remained undefended by stone walls throughout its history. However, references to a town ditch in 1634 (Hunter 1971, 13) suggest that there may have been some earthwork defences, although their line is not known. (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 43)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 11 April 2018
References
Davies, O. 1948 The castles of county Cavan, Part 2. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 80-126.
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1989 Urban archaeological survey - county Cavan. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Hunter, R.J. 1971 Towns in the Ulster Plantation. Studia Hibernica, 28-60.