Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glasleck, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glasleck
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97375, -6.91751
- SMR number
- CV028-024----
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 subcircular area (int. dims. 28m E-W; 31m N-S) enclosed by a low earthen bank. No surviving indication of an external fosse. From NW-N-ENE the perimeter has been incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. At the centre of the internal area and in the W quadrant the ground level is much disturbed as a consequence of digging. (Ó Ríordáin, Prendergast and Rynne 1962, 156) recorded the upper stone of a quern which was discovered at the site.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.