Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Townparks (cavan Urban District), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (cavan Urban District)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98801, -7.35775
- SMR number
- CV020-090----
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
Named 'Fort' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map whre it is represented as a circular enclosure named 'Fort' c. 35m in diamter. It is not marked on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1908). This appears to be the 'mud fort' occupied by elements of the Jacobite garrison mentioned in accounts of the battle of Cavan which took place on 11 February 1690 (old style). Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 25 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.