Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Seeharan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seeharan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84920, -6.98347
- SMR number
- CV040-050----
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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. c. 34m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse identifiable from S-W-E. An apparently modern, low counterscarp bank encircles the fosse. Break in bank at ESE probably represents original entrance. Projecting from the inner face of the bank at NW is a rectangular area (int. dims. 7m N-S; 3.5m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank which presumably represents a hut site. Break in bank at E represents original entrance to the structure.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.