Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballaghanea Island, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaghanea Island
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82351, -7.06504
- SMR number
- CV039-008----
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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
An island stronghold in Lough Ramor is mentioned in the annals as early as 846 AD. Local tradition identifies this with Ballaghanea Island which can be reached from the land by a ford. No evidence for a later castle. The walls and quays presently identifiable on the island suggest an occupation no earlier than the 19th century. (Davies 1947a, 76)
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.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.