Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonbockoge, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonbockoge
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80176, -7.22762
- SMR number
- CV042-005001-
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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. 40m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. An earlier description (OPW 1974) noted traces of an external fosse. The perimeter has been largely destroyed from NNW-N-ENE and at S where modern farm buildings abut the site. Original entrance not recognisable. A raised circular platform (diam. c. 12m) in the E quadrant of the interior presumably represents a house platform. A circular mound (H 2m) in a central position in the interior appears to be a natural feature. At the base of this mound, on its N side, foundations of a rectangular house (int. dims. c. 10m E-W; c. 5m N-S) are visible. Possible remains of souterrain at centre of internal area (CV042-005002-).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.