Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cargagh (upper Loughtee By.), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cargagh (upper Loughtee By.)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95273, -7.25433
- SMR number
- CV026-010----
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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. c. 25m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, shallow fosse which has been infilled throughout most of its course and replaced by a laneway from N-E-SSE. An earlier report (OPW 1974) recorded vague traces of a possible outer bank at the outer lip of the fosse from N-NE-E. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.