Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Portanure, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portanure
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85884, -7.50183
- SMR number
- CV036-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lakeside rath on a promontory jutting into Lough Gowna. Semicircular raised area (int. dims. c. 40m NNW-SSE; 28m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a partially infilled, deep and wide, waterlogged fosse. The open E side faces the lake and a modern field boundary now extends across it. A small circular area enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, representing a hut site, occurs in the SSW of the interior of the rath. Original entrance not recognisable.
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.