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Ringfort - rath

Aghaconny, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Aghaconny, County Cavan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aghaconny
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.91994, -7.37372
SMR number
CV031-002001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Levelled in the late 1970s. An earlier report (OPW 1974) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse. Break in bank at NE with accompanying causeway represented original entrance. At that time, possible traces of a souterrain were noticed within the internal area (CV031-002002-). The outline of the perimeter of the rath may still be traced, albeit with difficulty.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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