Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Drumavaddy (clanmahon By.), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumavaddy (clanmahon By.)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92901, -7.33747
- SMR number
- CV025-037----
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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
A small raised circular area (int. diam. 25m) enclosed by an inner bank and fosse separated from an outer bank and external fosse by a berm (Wth 9m).Original entrance may have been at ENE where there are corresponding breaks in the banks.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.