Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Middletown, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Middletown
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88533, -7.47467
- SMR number
- CV030-032----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Depicted as a tree-covered enclosure on the OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised oval area (int. dims.50.2m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and traces of an outer fosse which has been modified and incorporated into the field drainage system. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at S is probably modern. Known in the locality as a 'Fort'.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.