Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kevit Lower, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kevit Lower
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95196, -7.41600
- SMR number
- CV025-062001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
An almost circular raised area (int. dims. 42m E-W; 37m N-S) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse which is exceptionally wide and deep at E. Break in bank at S with accompanying causeway probably represents original entrance. Davies (ITA Survey 1942) notes that 'there is said to be a souterrain in this fort' (CV025-062002-).
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
- Souterrainunder 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.