Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killycannan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killycannan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95324, -7.36770
- SMR number
- CV025-067----
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 oval area (int. dims. 53m N-S; 41m E-W) enclosed by traces of an earthen bank. A field boundary running NNW-SSE divides the internal area into two roughly equal portions. Although the portion of the site E of this has been levelled, the perimeter can still be clearly traced. In recent times drystone walling has been applied to the outer face of the embankment from S-SW. There are modern trenches outside of bank from SSE-S and from NW-N. Original entrance not recognisable.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.