Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumhirk (stradone Ed), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumhirk (stradone Ed)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95361, -7.23608
- SMR number
- CV026-032----
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 almost circular area (int. diam. c. 48.9m) divided into two unequal portions by a roadway running N-S. Enclosed by a scarp with slight remains of an earthen bank on its upper edge, and a wide, shallow fosse which has been levelled in at the E half of circuit. Original entrance not recognisable. Overlooks Beaghy Lough 150m to E.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.