Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Lisgannon, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgannon
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03461, -7.19608
- SMR number
- CV021-060002-
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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
In 1601 Captain Hugh O'Reilly erected a 'bawn of sods' at this location. It has been suggested (Davies 1948a, 118-9) that Lisgannon rath (CV021-060001-) may have been modified to accommodate this bawn, a second bank and wide berm having been added to the pre-existing bank and fosse of the rath. No visible remains at ground level.
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: 22 December 2008
References
Davies, O. 1948 The castles of county Cavan, Part 2. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 80-126.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.