Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shantully, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shantully
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95032, -7.43080
- SMR number
- CV025-107----
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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
May originally have been a rath later transformed into a tree-ring. Raised circular area (int. dims. 27.2m N-S; 24.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and traces of a fosse or trench identifiable only from SW-W-N. Original entrance not recognisable. Interior planted with coniferous trees.
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.