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Castle - ringwork

Castlerahan, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork, Castlerahan, County Cavan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Castlerahan
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.82450, -7.18832
SMR number
CV038-008001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the summit of a high drumlin hill. Adjacent to the site at SW are the remains of an 18th-century church, thought to have been built on or close to the site of a medieval church (CV038-008003-; CV038-008002-). Raised subrectangular platform (H c. 4m; int. dims c. 42m NE-SW; c. 24m N-S) enclosed by two very substantial banks of earth and stone with wide, deep intermediate fosse. Foundations of a rectangular building (int. dims c. 11m NE-SW; c. 7m NW-SE) lie within the enclosed area in SW quadrant and those of a circular structure (int. diam. c. 6.5m) which Davies (1947a, 88) postulated was a gatehouse, occur at NE. At SW he identified the foundations of a second approximately circular structure (diam. c. 11m) which he interpreted as the remains of a tower. (CUCAP: AYS 34, AYS 35, AYS 36)

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

References

Davies, O. 1947a The castles of county Cavan. Part 1. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 74-100.

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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