Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Bawn (clanmahon By.), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawn (clanmahon By.)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80762, -7.44203
- SMR number
- CV041-001----
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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 subrectangular, grass-covered area (dims c. 75m N-S; c. 60m E-W) enclosed by two low, wide earthen banks and hedges with an intermediate fosse. The outer bank is identifiable only on the N and E sides. At the S and W it has been replaced by modern field boundaries. a break in the inner bank midway along the W side, with accompanying causeway, represents the original entrance.
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 revision: 18 April 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.