Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilnacor, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnacor
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92640, -7.26063
- SMR number
- CV032-027----
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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 circular area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partially waterlogged fosse recut from NW-N-E. Short segment of low counterscarp bank at the outer lip of fosse at SSE is probably relatively modern. Break in inner bank at SE with accompanying causeway may represent original entrance.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.