Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Drumavaddy (lower Loughtee By.),drumbarry,largan,ardkill More, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumavaddy (lower Loughtee By.),drumbarry,largan,ardkill More
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Worm Ditch or Black Pigs Race
- Coordinates
- 53.91788, -7.33609
- SMR number
- CV031-004----
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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
This portion of the 'Worm Ditch or Black Pig's Race' as marked on OS 1912 ed. commences at a stream at the base of a high, steep- sided hill in Ardkill More townland. It runs for c. 1,150m approximately NW-SE along the W and S of the hillside. At the base of the hill in Largan townland it changes direction and runs approximately E-W for c. 750m terminating at the E side of a N-S orientated stream in Drumbarry townland. No definite surface remains of the site was identifiable in Ardkill townland N of an active quarry, but the rock-cut ditch (Wth c. 3.5m; D c. 1.3m) has been recorded in the N face of the quarry (Campbell 1997, 3). The ditch is also visible (Wth c. 4m; D c. 1.5m) in the S face of the quarry, while the bank (Wth 5-7m; H at W c. 2m) with a ditch (Wth c. 4m; D c. 1.3m) on the uphill or E side continues S of the quarry (L c. 700m), veering eastwards to the boundary with Largan (ibid. 4). In Largan townland the site is marked by stretches of a much-denuded earthen rampart (max. Wth 7m; max. H 0.9m) with remains of a fosse at its NNE foot. The rampart and fosse are much disturbed by modern field drains. A rath is built against the S face of the rampart in Largan townland (CV031-047----). For the final c. 75m the site is marked by a narrow, modern tarred road. (CUCAP ALJ 79, ALJ 80, AYS 29, AYS 31; O'Donovan 1995, no. 180)
Revised by: Paul Walsh, Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 August, 2014
References
O'Donovan, P.F. 1995 Archaeological inventory of county Cavan. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Campbell, K. 1997 Archaeological report on the The Worm Ditch or Black Pig's Race at Ardkill More, Co. Cavan. Unpublished report. Author
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.