Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumhurt, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumhurt
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03921, -7.11663
- SMR number
- CV022-019----
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
Raised circular area (int. diam. 43.1m) enclosed by an earthen bank and a fosse. Bank only survives in its original form at NE. From NNE-S-SSW the perimeter has been incorporated into the field boundary. Elsewhere it has been levelled but its outline may still be traced. An earlier report (OPW 1969) noted a possible entrance feature at NE. Internal area is largely occupied by a modern water tower.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.