Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Urcher, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Urcher
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91245, -6.98906
- SMR number
- CV034-053----
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
Marked 'Urcher Fort' on OS Fair Plan and 'Fort' on 1836 and 1876 eds. Slightly raised circular area (int. diam. c. 22m) defined by a scarp. Original entrance not recognisable. Situated on the NE shoulder of a drumlin ridge. Site has been almost totally levelled.
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
- Meeting-houseunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.