Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Croaghan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croaghan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80163, -7.11397
- SMR number
- CV043-009001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 almost circular raised area (int. dims. 50m N-S; 45.6m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank identifiable from SSW-N-NE. The site is divided into two unequal portions by a field boundary running NW-SW. The smaller portion, SE of the field boundary, has been levelled but the outline of the perimeter may still be traced. Original entrance not recognisable. An L-shaped depression at the centre of the internal area probably represents the site of a souterrain (1232).
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.