Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Duffcastle, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duffcastle
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87869, -7.27653
- SMR number
- CV032-022----
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
A castle at Doncaslan (Duffcastle) in Crosserlough parish is marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) map of County Cavan. for which see this web-page accessed on 18/04/2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Cavan
This location is depicted as a subrectangular area (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 25m E-W) and described as a 'Fort' on OS Fair Plan and the OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on E shoulder of a natural scarp. No feature is visible at ground level.
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 revision: 18 April 2016
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.